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The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee teamed up with the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission to conduct integrity and anti-corruption training aimed at enhancing transparency and fairness in sports administration.

The KSOC announced that it held the "2026 In-Person Integrity and Anti-Corruption Training" jointly with the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Training Institute under the ACRC at Seoul Olympic Parktel on the morning of the 24th.

The training was attended by senior officials, managers, and newly promoted staff of the KSOC, including KSOC President Ryu Seung-min, Secretary General Kim Dae-nyeon, and National Training Center Head Kim Taek-soo. The program focused on spreading a desirable culture of integrity throughout the sports community and raising employees' integrity values and sense of responsibility.

The session covered various case studies that could occur in actual operations, centering on major anti-corruption laws in the public sector, such as the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, the Conflict of Interest Prevention Act, and the Code of Conduct for Public Officials. It also enhanced understanding of the Protection of Public Interest Whistleblowers Act and the Act on the Recovery of Public Funds, thereby strengthening response capabilities to corruption and conflict-of-interest situations.

In particular, the initiative is meaningful in that the KSOC, the central institution of sports administration, collaborated directly with the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Training Institute, an organization specialized in public sector integrity training. With growing social demand for fairness and transparency across the sports sector as well, establishing a culture of integrity within the organization beyond institutional education is emerging as an important task.

The training on this day was led by Moon Yang-geun, a certified integrity education instructor registered with the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Training Institute. Through a customized lecture centered on real-world cases, attendees were able to specifically understand and respond to corruption and conflict-of-interest issues that they may face in the course of performing their duties.

President Ryu Seung-min said, "This training served as an opportunity to further enhance our employees' awareness of integrity and spread a fair and transparent organizational culture," adding, "Through the continuous internalization of integrity awareness, we will realize sports administration trusted by the public."

The KSOC plans to consistently run education programs to strengthen employees' integrity capabilities going forward and continue integrity and anti-corruption activities to establish a transparent organizational culture throughout the sports sector.

                                                                                                       Cheon Hyun-bin