'Usaengsoon Legend' Rep. Lim Oh-kyung of the Democratic Party of Korea (Secretary of the Culture and Sports Committee) strongly demanded the restoration of the budget with deploration for the disappearance of the Korea Sports Council's sports hero selection project.
The Korea Sports Council has consistently selected sports heroes of the Korea Sports Council, including the late Son Ki-jung (marathon) and the late Kim Sung-jip (weightlifting) in 2011, and Ha Hyung-joo, chairman of the National Sports Promotion Foundation, who won a gold medal in judo at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics earlier this year. However, the project was temporarily suspended earlier this year due to a lack of budget.
Representative Lim asked this question intensively. Rep. Lim voiced his opinion, saying, "As the project was pointed out and excluded from the national treasury support project, it was carried out with 160 million won in the Korean Sports Council's own budget, but was suspended due to lack of the sports association's budget." When Yoo Seung Min, chairman of the Korea Sports Council, replied "I'm sorry ," Rep. Lim continued to ask intensely, "What do the government think about the reality that the world's top 10 sports powers cannot even be selected as sports heroes because they do not have 160 million won?"
Rep. Lim questioned Ha Hyung-joo, chairman of the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, saying, `How much of the sports promotion fund will be used to support culture, arts and films?' "In 2025, the Culture and Arts Fund is providing 110 billion won and 60 billion won for movies."When Rep. Lim answered, `Does it make sense to be unable to do it because there is no 160 million won for the sports hero induction ceremony?' he asked. Chairman Ha said "I heard the story for the first time today"Earlier this year, I was dedicated to a sports hero, and I also heard for the first time that the budget was 160 million won." "We will make efforts to ensure that it is achieved in consultation with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at our industrial complex." Lawmaker Lim said, `There have been many criticisms of misconduct and illegal activities in today's parliamentary inspection, but in fact, there are more athletes and leaders and hard-working sports organizations who lead by example in 82 sports. Should we stop the Korean sports hero business because we don't have 160 million won?" "Please restore it by all means..." he demanded strongly.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
