SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. city of Irvine, California has designated September 4 as Taekwondo Day, local Korean media said. Korean-American Irvine Vice-Mayor Tammy Kim delivered a frame carrying the Taekwondo Day resolution to Grandmaster Lee Dong-seop, head of Kukkiwon, at Irvine City Hall on Tuesday (local time). The city will hold [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. state of California has designated September 4th as Taekwondo Day. The California State Senate passed a bill on the designation of Taekwondo Day last week, the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles said. The bill designates September 4th, the official Taekwondo Day certified by the World Taekwondo [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. state of Maryland declared April 5 as “Taekwondo Day” in an effort to promote the Korean martial art, the latest in a series of events underlining the affection Gov. Larry Hogan and his Korean-American wife have for Korea. Hogan, who calls himself a “hanguk sawi,” which means a [...]