Oh Joon-sik, the father-in-law of Moon Joong-won, a jockey who committed a suicide last November, weeps as he marches toward Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Tuesday./ Yonhap Activists says racing authority has too much power By Kim Se-jeong On Nov. 29, Moon Joong-won, a 40-year-old jockey working at the BusanGyeongnam horse racetrack, committed suicide. He was the seventh person from the same racetrack to kill themselves over the last decade. In his suicide note, Moon criticized the Korea Racing Authority (KRA) for abuse and corruption, and preventing him from becoming a trainer. Ko Kwang-yong, a horse groom and former friend and colleague who is now an advocate for Moon, said the KRA`s `excessive...
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