Representative Jin Jong-oh of Shooting Legend holds a policy seminar today to improve the treatment of sports leaders

Jun 18, 2025

'Shooting Emperor' Rep. Jin Jong-oh (Power of the People) will hold a policy seminar' to improve the treatment of sports leaders in daily life.

Ahead of the event to be held at the first seminar room of the National Assembly building at 2 p.m. on the 18th, Rep. Jin said, `We have prepared a policy seminar to improve about 20,000 sports leaders nationwide who are suffering from poor treatment and unstable employment conditions" he said. In the field of sports for all, it has been steadily pointed out that in order to revitalize sports for all, school sports, it is necessary to improve the reality of leaders and sportsmen who switch to other occupations or give up their livelihoods due to poor treatment such as low salaries, contract employment, and welfare blind spots. Sports leaders play a key role in promoting the health of local residents, supporting leisure activities, and revitalizing the community, but institutional and financial support is still insufficient.

Organized by Representative Jin Jong-oh and co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Sports Association, about 140 sports leaders and sports officials working in 17 cities and provinces will attend the Policy Seminar for Improving the Treatment of Sports Leaders". At the seminar, ▶ Lee Hyuk-ki, a professor at Kyungnam University, ▶ Yoo In-chan, CEO of The Bridge Consulting, ▶ Jeong Jin-ju, head of the Public Solidarity Labor Union, will present the reality of sports leaders and the need to improve the system. After the presentation, free discussions by officials and experts in the sports field will follow.

Representative Jin Jong-oh said, `Despite the great contribution made to public health and revitalization of the local community, sports leaders are still under poor treatment and unstable employment environment,' adding, `We hope this seminar will serve as an opportunity to reflect the voices of the field in policies.'

◇ Overview of policy seminars to improve the treatment of sports leaders

▶Date: June 18, 2025 (Wednesday) 2:00 p.m

▶Place: 1st Seminar Room of the National Assembly Hall

▶ Co-hosted by Rep. Jin Jong-oh, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea Sports Council

▶ Attendees: About 140 sports leaders from 17 local governments, officials from sports-related ministries, etc

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.