MUJU, South Korea, June 30 (Yonhap) – Two international organizations for the Korean martial art of taekwondo have agreed to hold a joint performance during next year’s Winter Olympics in South Korea, the sport’s top official said Friday. Choue Chung-won, president of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), said his organization and the North Korea-led International [...]
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, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming taekwondo world championships in South Korea will be a historic one on many levels, as the organizers prepare for the largest competition to date. The 2017 World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Taekwondo Championships will take place in Muju, some 240 kilometers south of Seoul from June 24 [...]
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, Dec.29 (Korea Bizwire) – The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) decided to change their current abbreviation because it is similar to an expletive. According to the British Journal ‘Independent’, Hoss Rafaty, head of WTF will shorten their abbreviation to ‘WT (World Taekwondo)’ and use it in related businesses and marketing. WTF is better known to [...]