SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Taekwondo athletes will be wearing a different set of uniforms at this year’s summer Olympics, as their trousers will encompass designs or colors representing their home country. “Among the 63 countries participating in taekwondo matches at Rio 2016, 20 submitted their own uniform trouser designs with national colors and [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A North Korean martial arts manual dating back to the 18th century has been listed as a UNESCO heritage, the country’s state media said Thursday. The U.N. organization listed the manual called “Mu Ye Do Bo Tong Ji” on its World Regional Register for Asia-Pacific at a meeting of [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2015 Miss World Brazil has been named the goodwill ambassador of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), the body governing the traditional Korean martial art said Wednesday. Catharina Choi Nunes, who is half Korean, was appointed to the post at a ceremony attended by WTF President Choue Chung-won at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The World Taekwondo Foundation (WTF) is offering help to solve the refugee situation in Europe, which is rapidly becoming an international issue. Cho Jeong-won, head of the WTF, announced plans for the creation of the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation to help children in refugee camps all over the world, at a [...]
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. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean foods like tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cakes) and bulgogi (sliced and seasoned barbecued beef) have set off for China to start a new Korean wave. The ‘Korean Food Fair 2015: Tsingtao, China’ that opened on August 29 has been packed with Chinese people. Long lines were formed in front of [...]
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. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Palestine won its first-ever medal at a World Taekwondo competition with 12-year-old Mohammed Yasini’s silver medal. Yasini settled for silver after being defeated by Germany’s Ranye Drebes in the gold medal match in the men’s under 41 kilogram division of the World Cadet Championships held at the T1 Arena in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – “Jump,” a South Korean non-verbal performance that has captivated millions of viewers around the world, will travel to China later this year for a one-month run, the show’s officials said Wednesday. “Jump,” a comedy that tells the story of a martial arts family through only taekwondo, tekken and acrobatic performances, [...]