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The Korean Sports Council (President Yoo Seung-min) held an appointment ceremony for the '2040 K-Sports Vision Expert Group' at the Cheongju National Athlete Training Center on the 20th, officially beginning efforts to formulate future strategies for the medium- and long-term development of sports in South Korea.
The Korean Sports Council explained that "at this meeting, alongside the appointment of the expert group, it introduced the current status of major policies and projects of the council and shared plans for operating the '2040 K-Sports Insight Session'."
It further stated that "the session will be operated in three parts: ▲Expert Topic Presentation Session (experts from each field select and present key issues and topics of interest) ▲Policy Sharing Session (sharing the status of major projects and policies being promoted by the Korean Sports Council, with experts providing consultation on key issues and directions for promotion) ▲Free Discussion Session (free exchange of opinions on specific issues and future strategies)."
The expert group is composed of 11 experts from government, legal, academic, sports, and private sectors: Jung Un-chan (former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea) of the Dongban Growth Research Institute Lee (President), Jo Hyeon-jae (former First Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) and President of the Korean Pickleball Association, Oh Taek-won, a lawyer at Yulchon Law Firm, Kim Young-seok, professor at POSTECH, Kang Jun-ho, professor at Seoul National University, Kim Mi-ok, professor at Korea National Sport University, Park Chan-ho, CEO of Team 61 (former national baseball player), and others.
The Korean Sports Council plans to derive future policy directions for K-Sports and concrete implementation tasks through the '2040 K-Sports Insight Session' and will announce the '2040 K-Sports Vision' at the February Jeong Gi-dae (Rep.) General Assembly in 2028.
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