[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]‘Miss Asia Pacific World’s committee member (Chief Organization Commissioner: Andre Jung), who is going through a difficult time with the case involving Miss Myanmar May Myat Noe Aung, announced he is preparing to file criminal charges against her mother and suing for punitive damage.Chief Commissioner, Andre Jung states that ‘May Myat Noe Aung said in a press conference with about 100 reporters from around the world, that committee members forced her to have plastic surgery from head to toe and perform sexual favors to political figures.’ This false claim has damaged the
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]ASTANA, Kazakhstan (August 31, 2014) --- Spain and Russia took one gold medal each on the third and final day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 31, 2014.Spain's Eva Calvo Gomez needed a fourth golden-point round to earn her country the gold medal in the women's -57kg weight category.Calvo Gomez, No. 2 on the WTF Olympic ranking, was tied at 1-1 with her final-match opponent, Jade Jones of Great Britain, the No. 1 on the WTF Olympic ranking, at the end of the third round. In the golden-point round, the Spaniard scored the fir
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Spain's Eva Calvo Gomez shows off her gold medal during the awarding ceremony for the women's -57kg category on the third and final day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 at the Sport Center Daulet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 31, 2014.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Russia's Alexey Denisenko shows off his gold medal during the awarding ceremony for the men's -68kg category on the third and final day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 at the Sport Center Daulet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 31, 2014.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Russia's Alexey Denisenko (left in red uniforms) delivers a left-foot turning kick to the body of the United States' Mark Lopez in the final match of the men's -68kg category on the third and final day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 at the Sport Center Daulet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 31, 2014. Denisenko needed only two rounds to clinch the gold med.al as he won the final match with a 13-0 point-gap victory against Lopez. The bronze medal went to Spain's Jose Antonio Rosillo Atencia and Iran's Behnam Asbaghikhanghah in the same male division.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Chinese Taipei's Chen Yang Wei (right) delivers a right-foot attack to the head of Iran's Farzan Ashour Zadeh Fallah in the final match of the men's -58kg category on the second day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 at the Sport Center Daulet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 30, 2014. Wei, who ranked second in the WTF Olympic ranking, pounded Ashour Zadeh Fallah 9-5 in the men's -58kg final match to earn his country the gold medal. Argentina's Lucas Guzman and Australia's Safwan Khalil had to settle for the bronze medal in the same female division.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The final match of the women's -67kg category is under way between China's Yun Fei Guo (left) and Sweden's Elin Johansson on the second day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 at the Sport Center Daulet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 30, 2014. Guo brushed aside a stiff challenge from Johansson, who ranked second on the WTF Olympic ranking, to win the women's -67kg final match 4-3 for the gold medal. In the female division, the bronze medal went to Russia's Anastasia Baryshnikova and Chinese Taipei's Yann-Yeu Chen.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]China's Yun Fei Guo shows off her gold medal shortly after the awarding ceremony for the women's -67kg category on the second day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 at the Sport Center Daulet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 30, 2014.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Iran's Mehdi Khodabakhshi shows off his gold medal during the awarding ceremony for the men's -80kg category on the second day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 at the Sport Center Daulet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 30, 2014.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]WTF President Chungwon Choue poses with international referees on the second day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 at the Sport Center Daulet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 30, 2014. A total of 45 referees officiate in the Astana Grand Prix event.