Mr. CHUNG who was one of candidates for the 17th presidential election appeared in NBC-1TV in Incheon international airport on his way to China. Before going to China, he went to Japan to have a discussion with Japanese leaders for Asia's prosperity and peace. In China, Mr. CHUNG will meet Chinese leader to discuss how to strengthen a collaboration between Korea and China. He will also drop by Taiwan on the way to China for the same purpose. He delivered a sincere gratitude for his supporters for the last presidential election. He added that he would do his best for better Korea where Korean y
Taekwondo Promotion Foundation(Chairman, Dr Lee Dai - Soon) promoting to build The Taekwondo Park, in Muju, Korea where 188 member nation's 70 million practitioners come to train and might be representative Korean cultural brand announced the prize winner, Weiss & Manfredi by The Taekwondo Park Master Plan International Invitational Competition. The Taekwondo Park Master Plan International Invitational Competition ran over 11 weeks from May inviting 7 prominent architects ; Chul Kong, Young Joon Kim, Junsung Kim, Sung-Yong Joh, Andres Perea Grtega, Diller Scofidio+Renfro and Weiss & Manfredi.J
Iran’s Hadi Saei Bonehkohal defended his Olympic title on the third day of the taekwondo competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 22, 2008.Iranian Saei Bonehkohal, the bronze medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, brushed aside a stiff challenge from Italy’s Mauro Sarmiento in the men’s -80kg final match to clinch the gold medal.“I feel very good because I trained very hard last year. I didn’t go home, I was always at training camps,” Saei Bonehkohal said after the victory ceremony. “I was here only for the gold medal.” Th
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Host China and Mexico showed their supremacy in taekwondo as they won one gold medal each on the opening day of the takwondo competition at the Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 20, 2008.The Dominican Republic and Thailand took the silver medal each, the first medal in the Olympic taekwondo competition.In its first-ever participation in the Olympic taekwondo competition, Afghanistan also won the first medal in its Olympic history, as Rohullah Nikpai won the bronze medal in the men’s -58kg category.At a jam-packed University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) Gymnasium i
[NBC-1TV]A total of 128 athletes from a record 64 countries are ready for the taekwondo competition of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which will kick off on Aug. 20 for a four-day run.They will vie for 32 medals in eight weight categories, four divisions each for men and women, at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) Gymnasium in Beijing, China. Sixteen athletes will compete in each weight category.Twenty-four medals were up for grabs in the taekwondo competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.Each competition day will feature two weight
The Olympic Referee Refresher Course for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games opened at the Beijing Shichahai Sports School in downtown Beijing, China on July 14, 2008, for a four-day run, with the full participation of the 29 international referees that will officiate in the Olympic taekwondo competitions on Aug. 20-23, 2008.Dr. Chungwon Choue, president of the World Taekwondo Federation, told the international referees in his welcoming speech at the opening ceremony that they are in elite company, but with such status comes the responsibility to ensure the “most exciting, most dynamic and fairest
the World Taekwondo Federation kicked off a coach seminar for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Busan, Korea on June 16, 2008.The three-day Olympic coach seminar, the first of its kind in WTF history, drew about 100 national coaches and officials from about 50 countries qualified for the taekwondo competition at the Beijing Olympic Games.In his welcome speech, WTF President Chungwon Choue stressed the importance of fair play at taekwondo competitions, especially at the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games.“The martial art-sport of taekwondo places great value on proper behavior, respect and discipli
WTF President Chungwon Choue participated as a torchbearer in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay in Lijiang, Yunnan Province in China on June 10, 2008.As the 11th runner in the ancient town of Lijiang, Dr. Choue ran about 50 meters in the morning in his capacity as the president of an international sports federation, drawing a special attention from local media. He was interviewed by the China Daily and the Xinhwa news agency.Under the theme “Journey of Harmony” and the slogan “Light the Passion Share the Dream,” the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay started on March 24 in Greece and continue
Macquarie Group of Companies, Korea has become one of only two Global Partners of the World Taekwondo Federation under a sponsorship agreement announced today by the two organisations.Macquarie Group of Companies, Korea will be a Global Partner for five years in a demonstration of its long-term commitment to Korea, said WTF President Chungwon Choue.“Macquarie’s involvement with the WTF will be a huge boost for Taekwondo, as it will enable us to promote the sport better in Korea and overseas,” said Dr. Choue. “This opens a new era for Taekwondo globally, and for that we are very grateful to Mac
[By NBC-1TV Lena Kim] visited one place to introduce a beautiful event. It was retirement ceremony of Kim In-Soo who was once first vice president of middle and high school federation of Korean taekwon-do and even had done a commentator of MBC for takwon-do matches. Celebrating his retirement and expressing sincere appreciation for his teaching for more than thirty years, pupils of Kim In-Soo prepared many things such as saying a poem, writing thank you letters and preparing a song for him. His pupils even invited students of Kyunghee university to sing special songs for him. They all voluntee