'Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism met with the Korean Olympic Committee' Choi Hwi-yeong (Minister) "Disappointed that the budget for sports was not reflected to the extent expected by the sports community; will persuade the finance authorities."

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The head of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism met with the head of the Korean Sports Council.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 16th that "Choi Hwi-yeong (Minister) met with Sports Council President Yoo Seung-min at the Sports Council Building in Jung-gu, Seoul, earlier that day to discuss follow-up measures for major new · increase projects totaling 23.2 billion won allocated to the sports sector through the first supplementary budget for 2026."

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism explained that the supplementary budget is expected to boost sports-related consumption by including the establishment of a youth sports foundation (an increase of 9.5 billion won) to create jobs for sports instructors targeting youth, the provision of sports activity vouchers for disabled individuals to use in approximately 9,500 disability sports facilities (an increase of 6.2 billion won), and the sports activity incentive program usable at approximately 86,000 sports·health franchise locations (an increase of 4 billion won).

He added, "In addition, the budget includes an increase of 3 billion won for winter sports training facilities, such as air mats, and an increase of 500 million won for the reward budget for reporting sports ticket scalping."

Choi Hwi-yeong (Minister) said, "I hope this supplementary budget will serve as a catalyst for expanding jobs in the sports sector and boosting consumption. However, as the minister in charge, I feel regret that the budget for the sports sector has not been reflected to the extent expected by the sports community. Going forward, I will work to actively identify necessary projects in collaboration with the Korea Sports Council and other sports organizations, and persuade the fiscal authorities to ensure an expansion of the sports sector budget in the 2027 general budget."

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