[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (November 27, 2020) - World Taekwondo and Hasbro today announced a new partnership designed to engage children around the world in taekwondo through an exciting collaborative campaign. The partnership will bring together Catboy, Gekko and Owlette, the heroes of the eOne children’s television series, PJ Masks, and 12 of World Taekwondo’s top athletes. These World Taekwondo ‘Heroes’ exhibit the same values of empowerment and teamwork as the PJ Masks and together they will help children and families to “GET ACTIVE WITH PJ MASKS!” Launching on 1 December 2020, the
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] (November 25, 2020) - World Taekwondo is preparing to host its first ever Gender Equity & Women Leadership Forum in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee on 27-28 November as part of the federation’s ongoing commitment to using the power of taekwondo to promote understanding and inclusivity. The forum is being held in partnership also with the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) and Saudi Taekwondo Federation. World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue will deliver an opening speech as well as IOC President Thomas Bach and President of the Saudi Arabia
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (November 24, 2020) - The World Taekwondo Council met virtually today for the final time in 2020 as it looked forward with optimism to the start of another successful decade for the sport. World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue said: “I look forward to 2021 with hope and optimism. I do not wish for us to look back. We should look at 2021 as the start of another successful decade for World Taekwondo. One of the silver linings from the pandemic is that it allowed us to reset and adapt creatively to the current challenges and lay the foundations for our future.
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (October 6, 2020) - World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue, speaking at the first ever virtual World Taekwondo General Assembly, today expressed his optimism for the sport in 2021 as he addressed the safe and simplified taekwondo competitions that will take place next year. As well as looking forward to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Para Taekwondo’s debut at the Paralympic Games, President Choue stated that the taekwondo family can expect one of the best World Taekwondo Championships and World Para Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi next year. The General As
[NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (September 17, 2020) - World Taekwondo President and Chairman of the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) Chungwon Choue today presented a SportWorks Talks webinar on how taekwondo has been used as an effective tool for social development and peace. More than 700 people from around the world registered to attend the webinar. During the presentation, President Choue discussed how World Taekwondo has supported the global peace movement. President Choue’s dedication to global peace can be traced back to his late father Dr Youngseek Choue who, in 1981, successfull
[By NBC-1TV K, Y YI] SEOUL, Korea (September 4, 2020) - World Taekwondo today joined athletes, fans and members of the global taekwondo community in celebrating Taekwondo Day and the 20th anniversary of the sport’s Olympic debut at Sydney 2000. Taekwondo day is celebrated every year on September 4 in commemoration of the IOC’s decision on that day in 1994 to include taekwondo on the Olympic programme. In a video message to the global taekwondo family, World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue said: “Taekwondo has enjoyed 20 years of excellence as an Olympic sport since first appearing at an Oly
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] LAUSANNE, Switzerland (August 27, 2020) - World Taekwondo today outlined how the global taekwondo family can help Lebanese children in need through its newly launched ‘Great Champion Scholarship.’ The scholarship was launched by World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue to help children in Lebanon tragically affected by the recent explosion in Beirut. The scholarship will directly cover children’s school and education fees. World Taekwondo and Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) have launched a social media campaign to raise money to fund the scholarship. The campaign c
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] (August 27, 2020) - World Taekwondo today created a WT Integrity Unit to centralise all integrity-related functions in the sport as part of the federation’s ongoing commitment to upholding the highest standards of good governance. The Integrity Unit will be based out of World Taekwondo’s Lausanne office and will centralise functions related to anti-doping, anti-corruption, anti-manipulation of competition, safeguarding and control mechanisms for enhanced transparency. WT Liaison Lausanne Office will also centralise the value-based projects including humanitarian activities
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (August 10, 2020) - The World Taekwondo Council today cancelled the 2020 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in order to protect the health and wellbeing of all participants. Meeting via videoconference, the Council unanimously agreed that the safety of the World Taekwondo family is the number one priority. Following extensive consultation with Member National Associations, World Taekwondo Committees, including the Medical and Anti-Doping Committee, and in line with guidance from national health authorities, it was decided this year’s Championships should be
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] World Taekwondo President recognizes challenges facing businesses during coronavirus pandemic SEOUL, Korea (June 12, 2020) – Executives from the recognized companies of World Taekwondo today met with World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue to thank him and the federation for postponing their recognition fees for 2020 and waiving their 2021 fees to ease financial pressures. The meeting, which took place at World Taekwondo’s Seoul headquarters, was arranged at the request of the recognized companies and saw the attendance of representatives from Adidas, Daedo, JC, KPNP, Moo