[an official position] KOC expresses regret over exclusion of extra budget for government budget... Chairman of Yoo Seung Min, "The National Sports Promotion Fund, its purpose, and its policy purpose shall be managed so as not to be compromised."

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The Korean Sports Council (Chairman Yoo Seung Min) expressed regret over the government's decision.

The Korea Sports Association said on the 3rd, "We deeply regret that the government's supplementary budget did not include the sports sector," adding, "We re-recognize sports as a key policy area for public health, people's livelihood stability, and job creation and urge the extra budget to be reflected."

The government drew up an additional budget plan focusing on areas with high effects such as tourism and consumption to revive the economy and stabilize people's livelihoods, but the sports sector was excluded from the government's proposal.

The Korea Sports Association said, "We are concerned about the fact that sports are excluded from the government's proposal despite being a people's livelihood-based policy that contributes to improving public health, reducing medical expenses, protecting youth, and restoring local communities."

He explained, "We asked the government and the National Assembly to reflect the 'people's live sports project' to increase field experience, such as creating jobs and strengthening sports services by expanding support for daily sports leaders, expanding participation in youth and sports activities by providing low-cost and high-quality sports programs, and supporting snacks and training equipment for school sports departments nationwide."

He also added, "We raised the issue of the structure in which the National Sports Promotion Fund is being used to finance culture, tourism, and film, and emphasized the need to maintain its purpose and prepare principles for reinvestment in the sports sector."

Chairman Yoo Seung Min said, "As the National Sports Promotion Fund is a resource raised for the promotion of sports, it should be managed so that its purpose and policy purpose are not damaged even if it is used in other fields," adding, "If it is inevitable to transfer between funds, a certain percentage needs to be re-inserted into the sports sector as the sports fund has contributed."

The labor union of the Korea Sports Association, 17 provincial sports associations, and the heads of 83 member sports organizations also expressed concern over the exclusion of the sports budget from the government's extra budget, and strongly urged the extra budget to be reflected.

In addition, he asked the government to supplement the system so that physical education is not excluded from the process of national financial management in the future. They emphasized that physical education is an essential public domain responsible for public health and social integration, and expressed their position to jointly respond to reestablish the policy status of physical education and secure a sustainable financial foundation.

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