38th Anniversary Opening Commemoration 'Garak Market Hanmaeum Sports Festival' Held

Garag Market's 38th Anniversary Celebration: Creating a Venue for Communication and Unity through the One-Heart Sports Festival

Various Programs Including a Cheerful Sports Day and Jokgu Finals with Participation from Garak Market Distributors and Their Families

The Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation (President Moon Young-pyo) held the 'Garak Market One-Heart Sports Festival' on the 17th to commemorate the 38th anniversary of Garak Market's opening.

The event served as a venue for communication and harmony, with approximately 1,600 participants including wholesale market corporations, intermediate wholesalers, and stevedore unions of Garak Market and their families. It was held at the main stadium of Dong Seoul University.

Garak Market opened on June 19, 1985, as Korea's first and largest public wholesale market. Currently, it boasts the world's largest transaction volume, handling about 2.3 million tons annually (approximately 7,500 tons daily).

It accounts for 49% of Seoul's demand and 40% of the total transaction volume handled by 32 public wholesale markets nationwide, playing a leading role in the development of Korea's agro-fisheries distribution. This year marks its 38th anniversary.

To commemorate this, the event was held for all distributors to unite as one and pledge a new leap forward for Garak Market. The program included congratulatory speeches, opening declarations, a cheerful sports day, jokgu finals, talent shows, celebratory performances, and award ceremonies.

The cheerful sports day, divided into nine teams including Garak Market's fruit and seafood wholesale market corporations, intermediate wholesalers, Garak Mall distributors, and the corporation, featured activities such as color plate flipping, banana boat relay, luck-based dice quizzes, tug-of-war, and obstacle relays. Despite the hot weather, enthusiastic competition continued among participants.

Additionally, the highlight of the day was the jokgu finals between the two teams that advanced through the preliminary rounds held at the end of May. Congratulatory performances by Park Hyun-bin and Hong Jin-young, talent shows, and prize draws further excited the participants.

In the final results, the Grand Prize was awarded to Korea Fruit & Vegetable, the Excellence Award to Nonghyup (Public), and the Encouragement Award to Dae-A Fruit & Vegetable.

The sports festival concluded successfully without any safety incidents.

President Moon Young-pyo said, “I hope this One-Heart Sports Festival becomes an opportunity for all Garak Market distributors and the corporation to unite for the sustainable development of Garak Market. We will do our best to help our Garak Market take on new challenges and grow.”

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