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Meanwhile, the funeral hall of Yongin's Serenity Forest, where the mortuary was set up, was followed by condolences from former and current elite equestrian athletes, including Jung Sung-kyu, secretary-general of the National Federation of Horses, Lee Kun-joo and Jeon Jae-hee.In addition, MBC comedian Bae Yeon-jung, who is known to have overcome depression through horseback riding, heads of horseback riding associations and associations from all over the country, horse-related school officials, including Pohang University's horse industry department, horse riding facilities officials, including the Gungpyeong Camp and Balan Horse Racing Club, the Korea Association for Treatment and Disabled Horse Racing, and related organizations, including the Korea Horse Racing Association and the Korean Horse Hoof Engineers Association, sent a condolence flower to see off the last path of the deceased, the "soul companion" through horseback riding.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:51 AM
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After developing the world's first mini-antibody (3D8) protein that inhibits the proliferation of low-pathogenic avian influenza last year, we will continue to do our best to prevent livestock diseases this year by improving the breeding environment and strengthening the safety management system. In order to expand exports of fresh agricultural products, we will support difficult technologies in the field, such as leading maintenance technologies after harvesting, and strive to transfer customized agricultural technologies to developing countries as well as strategic cooperation with advanced agricultural countries.We will create new added value by linking local resources and agricultural products with secondary and tertiary industries such as processing,
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:50 AM
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To this end, we will develop precision growth management software by combining smart farm technology standardization, big data, and artificial intelligence with agriculture, and foster more than 100 smart agricultural experts every year to create a smart agricultural ecosystem.In order to actively foster the seed industry and agricultural biotechnology to enhance the competitiveness of the bio industry and to address concerns about GMOs, we will further strengthen safety management and expand communication with the public along with the establishment of a foundation for safety evaluation. While developing high value-added functional materials such as food and medicine using agricultural products such as insects,
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:47 AM
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While developing varieties and cultivation technologies that can adapt to climate change such as drought and heat waves, we will introduce tropical and subtropical crops to foster them as new income crops, and we will also strive to develop rapid control technologies against diseases and pests. We will protect the healthy diet of the people by establishing a safe food production and supply system such as eco-friendly ecological agriculture and safety management of agricultural materials. In particular, in preparation for the full implementation of the pesticide permitted substance list management system, we will expand the registration of pesticides ex officio and actively promote pesticide safety use education to produce safe crops and prevent damage to farmers.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:42 AM
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This year, our agricultural and rural communities are also facing major changes and challenges such as expansion of market opening, climate change, and aging population, including FTAs. The huge wave of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which brings about innovative changes in the national system, society, and life as a whole, is also coming in. However, these changes and challenges can be new opportunities depending on how we accept and utilize them. As with the idiom "Wealthy people" meaning to ride the wind and overcome the waves, we must not shrink and prepare for the future even more boldly. In the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Rural Development Administration will seek answers on the spot at the level
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:38 AM
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The reason why we have been able to stay lost despite the strong waves and storms that threaten our horse racing has been because of the sublime history of 25 years of individual horse racing that all the horse racing families have pioneered together, and the faith and passion of all of us as we run toward the grand goal of advancing horse racing. In particular, the unwavering support and support of the horse racing fans, who have protected Korean horses so that they do not lose the essence and identity of horse racing, have been a great courage and encouragement for our horse racing fans to overcome despair and frustration and get back on their feet. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the horse racing fans.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:34 AM
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The proposal requested the processing agency to the Prime Minister's Office, but it was assigned to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and in practice, it was assigned to the Planning and General Affairs Division of the Gambling Industry Integration Supervision Committee and is under review. The proposal is scheduled to be reviewed by August 27. As CEO Kim's proposal is released to the outside world, interest is exploding, with recommendations gaining vitality. As of the afternoon of August 7, it has 591 views, 113 recommendations, and 93 cases. Readers who want to inquire about CEO Kim's suggestions or express recommendations or opinions can access the website of 1. Kookmin Newspaper, 2. Membership, 3. Click on the public happiness proposal, 4. Click on the open proposal, and 5. Type in the "Squad Industry Integration Supervision Committee" in the search box and click on the search.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:32 AM
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Despite the unpredictable darkness and chaos, all of our racers have not stopped their great journey to challenge and challenge without giving in to despair and crisis over the past year.Entering Part II, the Korean Horse Racing Association, which started anew as a member of the global horse racing industry, began small changes in the field to strengthen its competitiveness, including the away challenge at the Dubai World Cup last year, the introduction of advanced overseas personnel, changes in race horse training patterns and the implementation of the break time system, and the improvement of horse racing infrastructure such as racers' long-cherished dream, such as racetracks and horse racing, also had a time of growth that began in earnest.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:31 AM
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In order to establish itself as a leading farm in name and reality, it is diagnosed that there are many areas that need to be supplemented and further strengthened and expanded in investment and efforts. There is still a lot of work to do, but after patrolling all the paddocks, my physical strength becomes stronger and I often feel impatient. Fortunately, the firstborn, who leads Challenger Farm, is a racehorse production ranch manager who shows more passion than expected and is actually leading the overall management of specifications such as breeding, production, and fostering of my ranch, and secondly, it is a great help as he even helps with advice from time to time. The first representative Lee mentioned is Lee Kwang-rim, CEO of Challenger Farm, and the second is Lee Kwang-hyeop, director of Seowon Animal Hospital, a horse-specialized animal hospital. These are families of rich people and biological siblings. In other words, all family members are engaged in the horse industry and related industries.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:29 AM
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Although the goal of integrated racing and entering Part II of Korean racing has been achieved, there is still insufficient support for the improvement of racehorses and the stable establishment of the production base, so I am concerned that the racehorses production industry, which is the basis of horse racing, will become an unstable house of thought.Looking at the unprecedented situation, such as the postponement of the CSAT due to last year's Pohang earthquake, the horse industry has not a solid production base and can collapse in an instant, so we look back on Korea's horse industry policy once again and hope that the completion of Part II and the era of natural Part I will come with the production of domestic horses that surpasses foreign horses thanks to the establishment of policies and investment that can develop co-prosperity.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:26 AM
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Last year is remembered as a year that was truly eventful and difficult until the earthquake and fire disaster at the end of the year, in addition to the nation's anxiety caused by the national manipulation of state affairs, the impeachment of the president, and the nuclear provocation of North Korea. As the horse racing industry experienced a series of deaths of horse racing officials, voices for improved working conditions, and the rare occurrence of special labor supervision, I hope that the horse racing industry, including the horse racing business, is generally cold and exhausted. I hope that 2018 will be a year that has turned around with a new start like the sun of hope, as if we are exiting a dark tunnel.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:23 AM
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When asked about his acceptance speech, Professor Park Geum-ran said, "I am happy to receive a commendation from the Minister of Agriculture despite many people who have made efforts to develop the domestic horse industry," and added, "I will take it as a meaning to contribute more to the development of the horse industry in the future and work hard."Meanwhile, Seorabeol University is actively engaged in volunteer activities related to rehabilitation horseback riding to enhance and promote the image of the domestic horse industry. The Masagwa of Seorabeol University participates in nearby rehabilitation centers for the disabled and events for the disabled every year to show rehabilitation horseback riding activities for social participation.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:19 AM
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In addition, he participated in designing and writing national certificates for rehabilitation horseback riding in Korea, making efforts to establish a foundation for rehabilitation horseback riding in Korea and expand the base. Last year, he was appointed as an executive of the Korea Rehabilitation Horse Association and was designated as a cooperative organization for rehabilitation horseback riding in Korea. In addition, as an executive of the Korean Rehabilitation Horse Association, he attended the 2015 World Rehabilitation Horse Association General Assembly to attract the "2021 World Rehabilitation Horse Association" to Korea, and has been a member of the Gyeongju Regional Development Council, contributing to policy reflection for the development of the horse industry in Gyeongju.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:16 AM
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Thanks to your efforts, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has prepared budgeting and business guidelines to implement the student horse riding support project from January 2018, and as a result, it is very encouraging to increase the utilization rate of the horse racing course even in winter, the off-season.A new beginning is always full of hope. The newly launched Korea Racing Authority (KRA) plans to do its best to solve problems such as livestock farming in the horse industry, the application of electricity to horse racing courses and horseback riding insurance as soon as possible. I believe that our ability can be doubled when we practice with earnestness. We will work together to solve difficult problems and contribute to the development of the horse racing industry.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:11 AM
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Lee Yong-dae, CEO of Yongmun Ranch, is an "Ama-in" who celebrates his last year's 稀. Lee is a racehorse producer and owner (Seoul, Jeju Racehorse Park) who has a reputation for having a unique eye for picking seeds that he has raised with horses for almost his entire life. He travels around the racehorse industry with incredible 70 years of age, examines horses, and communicates with them. In addition, he will serve as a mentor to his eldest son, Lee Kwang-rim, CEO of Challenger Farm, and his second son, Lee Kwang-hyeop, head of Seowon Animal Hospital, who has been reborn as the manager of the racehorse production ranch since 1997, while at the same time asking for advice on the combination of Thoroughbred blood vessels, breeding and fostering with a learning attitude to awaken "humility" along with the importance of "lifelong study."
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:08 AM
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I hope you achieve everything you wish, and I wish everyone in the horse industry a busy and exciting year, especially as the sound of horse hooves shaking the earth and earth vibrates again. Looking back, the past year has been a very difficult and difficult year. The hard work that has been done for many years has collapsed overnight, and in particular, the image of the horse industry, including horseback riding, has been greatly undermined, the number of citizens visiting the horse racing course has decreased, and people have been criticized for not doing anything wrong. It is said that risks and opportunities coexist in crises. Taking lessons from the fact that we must join forces to show unity in times of difficulty, we gathered together to form the National Horse Racing Authority,
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:07 AM
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The Korea Racing Authority began a one-man protest and said, "Since its establishment, the integrated supervision committee of the gambling industry has focused its regulation and supervision on legal gambling projects within the system, while neglecting illegal gambling, which has shown a rapid expansion trend over the past five years." In Xi'an, which is being prepared based on the results of research services commissioned to establish the second comprehensive plan for the sound development of the gambling industry, the inspection committee gave the impression of focusing only on regulating legal gambling projects and foreshadowed excessive regulatory measures and measures," adding, "We are going into a struggle because we can no longer sit idly by."Choi Young-sang, vice chairman of the Korean Horse Association, said, "In the survey data of illegal gambling by the audit committee, the amount of illegal gambling increased from 54 trillion won when it was launched in 2008 to 75 trillion won in 2012."
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:06 AM
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This is an industrial activity that helps livestock farmers generate income and a movement to promote health to the public. Therefore, I am confident that it will ultimately establish itself as an important position in the livestock industry in Korea in the future. To that end, we need to develop a system and build a control tower that will enable the training and management of experts above all else, and the main goal should be to revitalize the youth horse riding of consumers in the future, which will increase demand. In addition, investment and efforts should be made to cultivate and assist horse producers in case demand increases. As for the successful cases of France that we will benchmark, the government led the way in controlling the industry to provide various supports and public relations,
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:05 AM
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The act of forcing the implementation of Chuseok and public holidays with management evaluation and performance pay without offering essential alternatives should be stopped immediately," he said. "What the chairman and management should strive for is not to create an atmosphere for the implementation of Chuseok and public holidays by coercion, but to clearly recognize the reality facing the Korean horse racing society and the horse racing industry and to take structural measures to fundamentally change it." As a countermeasure, he also said, "We are trying to improve the horse racing tax system to raise the customer refund rate, to expand leisure tax collection grants so that incentives can go to basic local governments where the over-the-counter branch is located, and to find ways to use the livestock development fund and special reserves to improve the image of the Korean horse racing society."
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 07:02 AM
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Perhaps that's why there were heated candlelight vigils and major changes in the country. Unfortunately, the horse industry, among others, was at the center of the news and delivered bad images of horse riding every day. An incident caused tremendous damage to the entire horse industry, which forced many people, including myself, to overcome very difficult times. The first comprehensive horse industry plan came as an unexpected moment for the Korean horse industry, which was growing rapidly, but in some ways, I think it provided an opportunity to publicize the unfamiliar area of the 'horse riding' to the public. Of course, it is believed that noise marketing has created a bad image to succeed, so it will take great effort and time to recover.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 06:59 AM
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The message I want to convey to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs at the Korea Horse Producers Association is that if the first horse industry plan was quantitative growth, I hope the second horse industry plan will develop in the direction of qualitative growth.Seven years have passed since the world's only horse industry promotion law was enacted and implemented, but the most important agricultural law revision in the riding sector has not been made. In order to install a rural horse-riding facility, it is necessary to change the existing farmland to sports land, but the excessive burden of farmland conversion is a big burden. In order to improve the reality that many rural horse-riding facilities are currently operating without permission and without permission,
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 06:55 AM
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In particular, it was a year of further damage to the operators of horse racing courses across the country due to some kind of incidents, such as Choi Soon-sil's manipulation of state affairs, which made the public aware of the bad image of the horse racing sector, and Jeong Yu-ra's special treatment for horse racing. In addition, it was a disappointing and regrettable year for professional horse manufacturers and horse breeding farmers. Historically, the year of martial arts is a year when eventful events are completed and combined. It is said that it is the year when the soil and the soil meet and blend into each other with big soil like Musan and liquor, so it is called the Year of the Golden Dog!! It is a auspicious year.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 06:49 AM
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Crop accident insurance provides new farmers' safety insurance products that ease the rate gap between cities and counties by setting an upper limit on premium rates, and provide enhanced coverage to the level of industrial accident insurance. Through water system connection projects and drainage improvements, we will reduce frequent drought and inundation damage, and we will also implement seismic reinforcement for old repair facilities in preparation for earthquakes. We will actively respond to the ongoing negotiations on the revision of the Korea-US FTA in accordance with the government's position that further opening of the agricultural sector is impossible. We will promote youth employment and start-ups in the food and restaurant sectors.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 06:45 AM
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CEO Kim asked all horse industry workers to pay keen attention to the proposal, as excessive regulation of the horse racing industry is a matter that is directly related to the existence of the entire horse industry. As the review is expected to continue until August 27, it is necessary to continuously make inquiries and recommendations on the relevant contents. So far, there is overwhelming interest in other national proposals.In the meantime, the Prime Minister's Office initially requested that the Prime Minister's Office handle the proposal, but the processing department was assigned to the Culture and Tourism Ministry and the working-level department to the Planning and General Affairs Division of the Sovereign Industrial Integration Supervision Committee. It does not make sense that the committee has been assigned to handle the matter.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 06:44 AM
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Like the Central Main Country Association, we will strengthen the governance system between the government and producer organizations for each item and adjust the supply and demand from the pre-production stage such as adjusting the cultivation area. We will prepare a supply and demand control manual throughout the entire production process from sowing to shipping, and increase the reliability of agricultural observation by using advanced devices such as big data and drones. We will prepare for a complete reorganization of the direct payment system in the direction of increasing the unit price of field agriculture, unfavorable conditions, and eco-friendly direct payments, and enhancing the public function of agriculture and rural areas.
Saturday, February 14 2026 - 06:42 AM