SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam District announced that it has installed sculptures along Teheran-ro, close to the World Taekwondo Headquarters, also known as Kukkiwon. These sculptures are inspired by “poomsae,” which represents a set of patterns from Korean martial arts. The decision to place these sculptures came after the district recognized that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver, Canada, has decided to celebrate August 8 every year as ‘Taekwondo Kukkiwon Day’. Derek Corrigan, the mayor of Burnaby, visited Kukkiwon in Seoul, and delivered news of the estasblishment of ‘Taekwondo Kukkiwon Day’ to Jung Man-sun, the head of Kukkiwon. Burnaby decided [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Kukkiwon, the World Taekwondo Headquarters, will start a permanent Taekwondo demonstration for visitors as well as those practicing the sport. The demonstration will be in the form of a performance that shows Taekwondo in an artful state. The performance will be staged at 5 p.m., from Monday to Friday. [...]