The Korean livestock industry has grown rapidly. Also the relative importance of livestock production in the total agricultural products has also increased very much. However, there are lots of problems to solve from now because of changing circumstances around Korea, such as increasing imports of low price livestock products, decreasing growth rate of domestic food consumption, and food safety problems. New directions for the animal resource industry are summarized as follows : Firstly, the business field of livestock industry must be enlarged to the animal resource area. Secondly, food safety and sustainable system are very important sectors to develop the animal resource industry in the future. Thirdly, new cooperative systems in the production 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.