The Korean livestock industry has grown rapidly. Also the relative importance of livestock production inthe total agricultural products has also increased very much. However, there are lots of problems to solve fromnow because of changing circumstances around Korea, such as increasing imports of low price livestockproducts, decreasing growth rate of domestic food consumption, and food safety problems. New directions forthe animal resource industry are summarized as follows : Firstly, the business field of livestock industry mustbe enlarged to the animal resource area. Secondly, food safety and sustainable system are very importantsectors to develop the animal resource industry in the future. Thirdly, new cooperative systems in theproduction field, such as integration, support system for calf raising and manure recycling are necessary.Fourthly, promotion and marketing strategies of brand products must be improved.