"The damage to athletes continues to grow"... Choi Hwi-young, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, chairs additional policy meeting on sports organizations housed in the handball stadium

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Choi Hwi-young, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (hereinafter Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), recently convened an additional policy meeting regarding the blockade protests.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 19th that "Choi (Minister) met again with member sports organizations housed in the Olympic Park handball stadium to discuss additional measures regarding the ongoing stadium blockade situation caused by events such as the infringement of citizens' voting rights, along with officials from the Korean Olympic Committee and the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation at a temporary office within Olympic Park that day," it was stated.

It further added, "During this meeting, we provided guidance on specific support and exception handling measures for financial transaction difficulties and administrative processing restrictions raised during the policy meeting held on June 11, and discussed additional support needs."

The sports organizations stated, "Not only are basic operations such as financial transactions disrupted, but participation in international competitions and training camps is also affected, causing the damage to athletes to continue growing," and requested a swift resolution to the situation.

In response, Choi (Minister) stated, "We are working to quickly resolve difficulties for each organization through cooperation with relevant ministries and institutional investors," and added, "We will strive to find fundamental solutions to prevent the situation from dragging on."

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