[Agricultural and Fisheries Products Newspaper=Reporter Lee Han-tae] Jo Hee-sung, President of the Korea Rice Farmers' Association, has successfully been re-elected. The Korea Rice Farmers' Association held its regular general meeting at the large auditorium of the Agricultural Machinery Global Center in Cheonan, Chungnam, on the 23rd, and conducted elections for the central association president and auditors, among other officers. Jo, who promised to strengthen the status of rice farmers, establish their identity, introduce an executive responsibility system for the central association officers and strengthen organizational operations, set goals of 240,000 won for rice prices and 80,000 won for rice seedlings, and push for the introduction of mandatory rice cooperative funds, confirmed his re-election on this day, beating Candidate 1, Shin Jeong-ok, President of the Jeonnam Provincial Association. Jo expressed his feelings upon being elected, saying, "I feel a heavy sense of responsibility for being entrusted with such a significant duty."