Kukkiwon

Kukkiwon
Formation	1972/1973
Type	GO
Purpose	Martial art and sport
Location	Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea;
Official language	Korean
President	Lee Dong Sup
Parent organization	Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Website	www.kukkiwon.ir/ Www.kukkiwon.ir

37°30′07″N 127°01′49″E / 37.5020°N 127.0303°E / 37.5020; 127.0303

Kukkiwon (Korean: 국기원; Hanja: 國技院), also known as World Taekwondo Headquarters, and home of the World Taekwondo Academy, is where the official taekwondo governing organization was established by the South Korean government.^[1] It is supervised by the International Sports Division of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.^[2]

^ Min, B.-H. (2005): Kukkiwon, the spiritual home of Taekwondoists (11 July 2005). Published on the website of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA. Retrieved on 10 January 2010.
^ Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea: Bureau of Office Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 9 January 2010.

[Min2005-1] Min, B.-H. (2005): Kukkiwon, the spiritual home of Taekwondoists (11 July 2005). Published on the website of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA. Retrieved on 10 January 2010.

[MCSTBureau-2] Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea: Bureau of Office Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 9 January 2010.

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