SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea announced Friday it will seek to professionalize its traditional martial art of taekwondo and make it more accessible to a wider population. The sports ministry, in conjunction with four taekwondo organizations (World Taekwondo, Korea Taekwondo Association, Kukkiwon and Taekwondo Promotion Foundation), announced strategies and policy goals to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A new survey has revealed non-Korean nationals who learn taekwondo are more likely to hold a favorable view of Korea than before. Findings from the new survey conducted by World Taekwondo Peace Corps with a sample of 1,750 current trainees say that 11.7 percent more respondents said they like [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreigners have become fonder of South Korea after learning the Korean martial art taekwondo, a local poll showed Tuesday. According to the survey by the World Taekwondo Peace Corps Foundation, 11.7 percent of 1,750 foreign nationals learning the sport said their positive feelings toward South Korea have increased. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Friday that more than 70 countries and regions have applied to attend the North Korea-led International Taekwondo Federation’s (ITF) championships to be held in Pyongyang later this month. Preparations for the championships slated for Sept. 15-21 are in the final stage, according to the Korean Central [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — At Roars of “fantastico” and “olé” rang through the halls of the Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires after a performance of tango that was unlike anything the locals had seen before. To honor the 50th anniversary of the Korean martial art taekwondo reaching Argentina’s shores, the performance, titled “Fever [...]
INCHEON, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Thursday expressed his support for a South Korean proposal for a unified Korean delegation to next year’s Winter Olympics here, saying the idea is “in the spirit of the Olympism.” Bach arrived in South Korea to attend Friday’s closing ceremony of [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of North Korean taekwondo officials and athletes arrived in South Korea on Friday for soon-to-be historic performances at the world championships. Amid much fanfare at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) delegation of 36, led by its president Ri Yong-son, arrived south of [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – This year’s taekwondo world championships to be held in South Korea will be the largest in the competition’s history, organizers said Wednesday. The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) said 917 athletes from 183 nations have signed up for the June 24-30 WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Muju, some 240 kilometers south of Seoul. Both the numbers of participating nations and athletes are [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States Taekwondo Education Foundation (USTEF) plans to hold its 9th annual New York Times Square Taekwondo Festival on June 23, bringing together about 5,000 participants, including American students learning the Korean martial art, organizers said Saturday. The festival, which was begun in 2008 to promote taekwondo among [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The World Taekwondo Federation, led by South Korea, has extended an invitation to its North Korean counterpart, the International Taekwondo Federation, for the upcoming WTF World Taekwondo Championships expected to be held from June 24 to 30 in Muju, South Jeolla Province. According to an official from the WTF, [...]