South Korea Launches Second National Sports Policy Committee with Prime Minister and Archery Coach as Co-Chairs

South Korea’s second National Sports Policy Committee has begun work, with Prime Minister Han Seong-sook and women’s archery coach Kim Soo-nyung serving as co-chairs.

Han chaired the committee’s meeting at the government complex in Seoul on the committee’s first day. She appointed six private-sector members and reviewed the government’s Sports Policy Vision 2030, along with preparations for the 2027 Chungcheong Summer World University Games.

Kim, who coaches Korea University’s women’s archery team, became the private-sector chair. The other newly appointed members are Anyang University professor Park Seong-bae, former mogul skiing national team athlete and YK Law Firm lawyer Seo Jeong-hwa, Korea National Sport University professor Yoon Ji-woon, Korea University professor Han Nam-hee, and Ham Eun-joo, secretary-general of the Sports Human Rights Research Institute.

The statutory committee includes ministers from 16 central government agencies, the presidents of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee and the Korean Paralympic Committee, and the chairman of the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation. It is responsible for protecting people’s right to participate in sports, reviewing major policies, and drafting and coordinating national sports promotion plans.

Han said the committee’s vision aims to create a cycle in which broader public participation helps sports grow as an industry, leading to greater investment in both elite and community sports.

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If more people enjoy sports, sports can grow as an industry, and that will return as investment in elite and community sports.