Rep. Jin Jong-oh, the emperor of sincere shooting, secured a budget of 1.8 billion won for a basic salary increase → Reflected the supplementary plan of the Ministry of Culture and Sports

Jul 01, 2025

'Shooting Emperor' The efforts of Rep. Jin Jong-oh of the People's Power to improve the treatment of sports leaders have been reflected in the supplementary budget for 2025.

Representative Jin Jong-oh's office said on the 1st that the budget for raising the basic salary to improve the treatment of sports leaders for all was reflected in the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. "This is a case in which the demand for improved treatment of sports leaders, which was repeatedly rejected, was officially reflected in the national budget, and was confirmed through an additional review by the National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, and only the passage of the National Assembly's Special Committee on Budget and Accounts is left.", he explained.

Lawmaker Jin initially demanded a total budget increase of 5.2 billion won, including welfare allowances such as holiday bonuses, welfare points, and meals, of which 1.8 billion won in basic salary increases was accepted first. The budget will be set up with a total of 3.6 billion won, with 1.8 billion won in state funds plus matching (50%) of local expenses, which is expected to raise the basic salary by about 12% for about 2,800 sports leaders. Representative Jin's office explained, `The increase in the basic salary is significant in that it is the starting point for improving the overall treatment as it is also linked to various allowances such as holiday bonuses and welfare points.'

Representative Jin Jong-oh said, `Although the entire budget was not reflected, the fact that the budget for raising the basic salary for sports leaders was included in the government budget is a meaningful turning point for the sports community,' adding, `Since the second vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jang Mi-ran also announced that he would actively consider additional reflection in the 2026 budget, this is the beginning. With the remaining allowance items and the salary system in place, I will go through without stopping"He made it clear that he was willing to secure the budget.

The securing of the budget is the result of lawmaker Jin, an Olympic shooting legend, running on the scene. Over the past three months, he visited local sports councils in 17 cities and provinces across the country to listen to difficulties in the field to design policy directions. On the 18th of last month, he held a "Seminar on Policy to Improve Treatment of Sports Leaders for All" at the National Assembly to collect opinions from lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties, experts, and sports leaders, and sought ways to improve them based on the field. At the seminar site, lawmaker Jin said, `Today, I am not a member of the National Assembly, but I am here as a former national team player Jin Jong-oh. I will not turn a blind eye to the hardships of the field" gained sympathy and response from athletes and participants.

Jin's office evaluated that securing the budget is the beginning of a realistic change that breaks the conventional wisdom that the sports community is always in the lower ranks of the budget and the long-standing resignation of sportsmen. Rep. Jin said, `Budgeting is a matter of the National Assembly's will after all. Politics must move first so that sports for all, which are responsible for public health, are no longer pushed to the periphery"Now I'm going to show you that the real change has begun."," he reiterated. "We will continue to devote ourselves to legislative activities to improve mid- to long-term systems such as establishing a living sports leader allowance system and salary system."

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.