Yoo Seung Min Decision on Disciplinary Action for Table Tennis Association on Charges of Incentives for Korean Sports Council President Kim Taek-soo (Breaking News)

Aug 06, 2025

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The chairman of the Korean Sports Council Yoo Seung Min and the head of the Jincheon National Training Center Kim Taek-soo were reprimanded by the Korea Table Tennis Association's Sports Fair Committee.

The Korea Table Tennis Association's Sports Fair Committee decided on the level of disciplinary action against four former and current executives and employees, including former chairman Yoo Seung Min (current chairman of the Korea Sports Council) and former vice chairman Kim Taek-soo (current head of Jincheon Training Center), and notified the results individually in a written form on the night of the 5th. The Sports Ethics Center pointed out that executives who received 10% incentives after attracting corporate sponsorships and donations to the Korea Table Tennis Association in April violated the articles of association by applying for incentives even though executives could not be paid under the articles of association.

The Sports Ethics Center ruled that the marketing regulations that were the basis for the Korea Table Tennis Association to pay 10% incentives to executives and employees who attracted donations from 2021 to 2024 as success fees violated the articles of association of the higher corporation, and pointed out that Chairman Yoo neglected his command and supervision in the process.

In the case of Chief Kim Taek-soo, when he was the executive director of the association in 2021, he attracted 100 million won in donations and received 10% of incentives. The Korea Table Tennis Association's Sports Fair Committee applied the Sports Ethics Center's decision that the act violated the articles of association and neglected its duties as an executive, and did not apply the charges of professional breach of trust. Chairman Yoo and Chief Kim were not association executives at the time of the introduction of incentives, and it is known that attracting donations and providing incentives are not seen as the introduction of a system to pursue the private interests of executives, and that they have decided to punish them in consideration of their contributions to the table tennis industry.

Although reprimand is a minor punishment, the punishment that the parties, including Kim Taek-soo, head of Jincheon National Training Center, accept is significant. The Korea Table Tennis Association will receive applications for reconsideration by the 12th regarding the disciplinary action. Chief Kim `takes the disciplinary action shocking. As an executive of the Table Tennis Association, I worked really hard for the development of table tennis. I've never pursued private interests. I think I need to think about it" made a statement.

Hyun Jung-hwa, the senior vice president of the association, exercised voting rights in favor of the proposal to enact the employee incentive system at the time of the board of directors, but after three years of disciplinary prescription, the punishment was imposed 'no disciplinary action'.

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