According to a report of South Korean sports news
paper, Korea Taekwon-Do Committee welcomes a South Korea Taekwondo
delegation to Pyongyang between 14 to 17 September.
On September 9, 2002, Korea Taekwondo Association declared that
a letter from Korea Taekwon-Do Committee is received through panmunjom
on 8 September. It indicated the suggestions about a schedule,
a route, a hotel and the expenses of the South Korean Taekwondo
delegation for visiting Pyongyang.
Korea Taekwon-Do Committee suggested that the delegation show
a performance once or twice at the Pyongyang Taekwon-Do Palace
during 14 to 17 September, and visit the Tower of Juche Idea,
the Korean Central History Museum, the Mausoleum of King Tongmyong
and the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace and so on. The route
of visiting Pyongyang is from Seoul to Pyongyang via Beijing,
and the delegation will stay in Koryo Hotel. North Korea will
pay the expenses of the delegation in Pyongyang, the air fares
will fall on South Korea.
According to the suggestions of Korea Taekwon-Do Committee, Korea
Taekwondo Association has started to negotiate with South Korea
government and then reply to Korea Taekwon-Do Committee. Korea
Taekwondo Association revealed that the schedule is closing, and
the Association has to negotiate with government to visit a sensitive
place which is suggested by Korea Taekwon-Do Committee.
According to a statement produced by the seventh inter-Korean
cabinet meeting, South Korea will send a taekwondo delegation
to Pyongyang around mid-September and the North's delegation to
Seoul around late October.
The news is from South Korean Sports News paper on 9 September
2002. |