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Seoul eyes joint UNESCO bid with Pyongyang to list taekwondo as shared heritage

South Korea aims to join forces with North Korea to seek UNESCO recognition for the traditional martial art of taekwondo as a ...
Stars and Stripes

South Korean, US troops face off in martial arts competition in South Korea

CAMP CASEY, South Korea — Hundreds of U.S. and South Korean service members of all military branches turned out recently for a friendly round of taekwondo at this base 13 miles from the border with ...
The Daily Reflector

Lee earns highest taekwondo rank, pens book of poetry

Greenville’s Byung Lee of King Tiger Taekwondo recently earned his ninth-degree black belt, the highest achievement in the martial art of taekwondo, and penned a book of poetry published in Korea.

Late taekwondo master named overseas Korean of the month

The Overseas Koreans Agency said Thursday that late taekwondo master Rhee Jhoon-goo has been named overseas Korean of the ...
Chicago Tribune

Down to Business: Physical skills just as important as respect and discipline when learning taekwondo, martial arts studio owners say

What does your business do? “We teach martial arts to all age groups. We start with the basics, kicking, punching, self-defense, sparring. Not only do we teach martial arts, but we teach discipline ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Grand Master Sung Hwan Cho

Today we lost a true, traditional, pre-Kukkiwon TaeKwonDo Grand Master, Grand Master Sung Hwan Cho. He passed away after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. Like a true TaeKwonDo champion, he fought ...