Lawmakers, why don't you ask questions about sports for the disabled, need support for the Jeju Sports Festival for the Disabled Kim Kyo-heung's sensitivity to minorities (2025 on the site of the National Assembly's inspection of the stylistic committee)
Oct 27, 2025
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Kim Kyo-heung, chairman of the National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, showed his bright minority sensitivity at the parliamentary inspection of the National Assembly's stylistic committee on the 27th.
Throughout the questions that continued this morning and afternoon, the committee was bombarded with sharp questions about allegations of misconduct by the Korea Skating Union, the Korea Iron Triad Association, and the Korea Table Tennis Association. In a hot atmosphere, there were no questions related to sports for the disabled and no questions about the need for support in the sports community.
In the case of sports for the disabled, it was more of an indifference than no issues. In an afternoon questioning, Lee Ki-hun, a lawmaker of the Democratic Party of Korea, was the only one who asked "How to conduct evacuation drills in case of emergencies such as disasters at the Icheon National Paralympic Village." "Staff participate in evacuation drills, but there are no evacuation drills for actual athletes. It should be revised. He has a disability, but he can't be moved by someone's attraction. It can be a great disaster in case of emergency"Please re-establish the guidelines for managing the athletes' village in particular " he said. Chairman Chung replied, `We will make sure our players participate in disaster evacuation training and train them well.' .
In the last order of the afternoon questioning, the dignity of Kim Kyo-heung, chairman of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, shone. "Why don't you ask questions about sports for the disabled?" Only one member asked a question. "I'll ask you a question"It came out. He mentioned the issue of budget support for the Jeju Sports Festival for the Disabled next year. "The Sports Festival for the Disabled will be held on Jeju Island in September next year. "There are many support personnel such as referees, operating personnel, and sign language interpretation, but the airfare budget has been cut..." he said, asking Chairman Chung Jin-wan how to prepare the necessary 700 million won budget. When Chairman Chung replied that he had no choice but to ask lawmakers to set additional budgets, Chairman Kim asked the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to secure the budget. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is also concerned that the budget has been cut due to the adjustment of the budget expenditure structure. In the process of increasing the National Assembly, I would like to ask the lawmakers.We will try harder, too." Chairman of the states Affairs Commission Kim said "Did the Ministry of Economy and Finance cut this budget?After raising his voice "Why do we treat sports with disabilities? It is really wrong to cut the budget for sports for the disabled while restructuring spending.' Chairman of the states Affairs Commission Kim then said, `Due to the nature of sports for the disabled, more support personnel are needed, but the budget for supporting personnel from the group secretariat for each sport is seven for the Korean Sports Commission, while three for the disabled. Why are you doing this. Because of this, the rate of resignation increases further every year. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism should pay attention to this as well. We need to reinforce our staff." The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism agrees with the chairman. I will consult better in the process of increasing the amount," he replied.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
