World Taekwondo (WT) President Choue Chung-won has secured another term at the helm of the sport’s governing body, pledging to continue modernizing taekwondo and strengthening its Olympic standing.
A taekwondo instructor in his 30s was arrested on charges of assault and stalking after allegedly attacking his girlfriend in the street and fracturing her facial bone.
Three high school students have been spared immediate prison time for forcing a younger male teammate into a sexual act and threatening to distribute video footage of the assault during a taekwondo training camp.
Choue Chung-won, the incumbent leader of World Taekwondo (WT), will run unopposed in his bid for his seventh and final term at the helm of the sport's global governing body.
North Korea's State Stamp Bureau releases images of five stamps featuring Korean martial arts taekwondo that will be issued on Sept. 5.
A taekwondo instructor who fatally suffocated a 5-year-old boy by placing him upside down between mattresses was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The taekwondo instructor charged with suffocating a toddler was revealed to have abused the boy at least 140 times before the fatal incident, according to police.
There may have only been three days of action so far at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, but Team Korea have already brought their medal count up to double digits as of press time Sunday.
Korean taekwondo athlete Lee Da-bin secured her second Olympic medal with a 2-1 victory over Lorena Brandl of Germany in the women’s +67kg bronze match at the Paris Olympics.
Seo Geon-woo missed out on a medal in the taekwondo men’s -80-kilogram competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, losing 2-0 to Edi Hrnic of Denmark at the Grand Palais in Paris.
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