Mr. Un Yong KIM who is a South Korea Member of International
Olympic Committee (IOC) and Mr. Chang Ung who is a North Korea Member
of IOC agreed to strengthen a close cooperative relationship and
will visit each other for enlivening sports exchange between South
and North Korea.
Mr. Un Yong KIM and Mr. Chang Ung joined together on 24 and 25 September
in discussing North Korean team attendance at the Busan Asian Games.
They promised to be lavish with each other in order to hold a successful
Asian Games and exchange taekeondo teams as soon as possible.
Mr. Un Yong KIM and Mr. Chang Ung decided to hold an Asian IOC members
meeting and discuss a plan to develop the Asian Games during the
Busan Asian Games. For this reason, Mr. Chang Ung will visit South
Korea and Mr. Un Yong KIM will visit North Korea in the middle of
September with South Korean taekwondo delegation team. He will discuss
exchange of all kinds of sports events with North Korea participants.
President of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) and the General
Association of International Sports Federations (GAIFS), Mr. Un
Yong KIM said that North Korea Taekwon-Do team could compete in
the 2004 Olympic Games, we will grope for a way to 2004 Olympic
Games even though North Korea is not a member of the WTF, but a
member of the ITF.
Mr. Un Yong KIM promised to support the development of North Korea
sports through the GAIFS. Mr. Chang Ung said that North Korea will
take part in the world Games that will be hosted by the GAIFS at
Germany in 2005. He also said that North Korea will send teams to
all kinds of South Korea sports events actively. About taekwondo
unification, Mr. Chang Ung said that ITF and WTF should talk enough
with each other gradually, but I believe the future of Taekwon-Do
is bright.
The news from South Korea JoonAng ilbo,
27 August 2002 |