Jeonnam Province Secures National Funding for Workplace Sports Club Establishment and Operation

20 Teams Selected for Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Project... 990 Million KRW Secured
Mokpo National University Athletics Team and Dongshin University Taekwondo Team to Be Newly Established

Eight organizations and 20 teams in Jeonnam have been selected for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's workplace sports club establishment and operation support project. Photo shows the fencing team at Jeonnam Provincial Office. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office

Jeonnam Province announced on June 7 that a total of eight organizations (institutions) and 20 teams from Jeonnam have been selected for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's 2025 Workplace Sports Club Establishment and Operation Support Project, securing 990 million KRW in national funding.

The Workplace Sports Club Establishment and Operation Support Project provides support for the establishment of new teams in sports disciplines that do not yet have workplace clubs, as well as operational funding for teams in well-managed disciplines, with the goal of revitalizing elite sports through the recruitment of outstanding athletes.

In this round of selections, support for new team establishment was awarded to the athletics team at Mokpo National University and the taekwondo team at Dongshin University. Each team will receive 250 million KRW and 139 million KRW, respectively, distributed over three years.

For operational support, six teams from Jeonnam Provincial Office were selected, along with the athletics and hockey teams from Mokpo City, the yachting, judo, and athletics teams from Yeosu City, the soft tennis, archery, and judo teams from Suncheon City, and the athletics and bowling teams from Gwangyang City. Among public institutions, Korea Electric Power Corporation's rugby and athletics teams were also selected. In total, 18 teams from six organizations secured 597 million KRW in funding.

The selected organizations plan to use the funds for the purchase of training equipment to improve athletes' skills and to cover competition participation expenses.

Oh Mikyung, Director of the Sports Industry Division at Jeonnam Province, said, "Being selected for this project will greatly help improve athletes' performance and boost morale," adding, "We will actively support our teams to achieve excellent results at the 106th National Sports Festival to be held in Busan this October."