Kukkiwon is based at 635Yeoksam-dong,Gangnam District,Seoul, South Korea.[3][4][5] Construction of the main building commenced on 19 November 1971, and was completed on 30 November 1972, with the organization being officially named on 6 February 1973.[6][7]
Un Yong Kim was the first President of Kukkiwon,[10][11] and resigned from the position on 15 November 2001.[12][13] Woon Kyu Uhm of theChung Do Kwan was elected president on 2 March 2004.[6] The President in late 2005 was Yong Gye Um.[14] On 10 December 2009, Seung Wan Lee of theJidokwan was elected as Kukkiwon's next President.[15][16]
In mid-2010, Won Sik Kang became the president;[17] he was also the current president of Song Moo Kwan, Korea. President Kang stepped down at the end of his term of office in early 2013. After him the interim president while awaiting an election was Grandmaster Kyu Sok Lee, who also serves as Secretary-General for theAsian Taekwondo Union. Kim Chung Gun later acted as the Chair-in-Office. The next president was Grandmaster Lee Kyu Hyung (9th dan) after being provisionally named by the Director of the organization's board as of August 20, 2013;[18] he resigned after a short period, claiming he was unable to perform the role to the best of his abilities due to political issues.
The current president is Grandmaster Lee Dong Sup, elected on January 28, 2021.
Flagpoles and flags of the World Taekwondo Federation (now World Taekwondo) and of the Korean Taekwondo Association at the Kukkiwon
^abMin, 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.
^Park, Y. H., & Seabourne, T. (1997):Taekwondo techniques & tactics: Skills for sparring and self-defense (p. 13). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics (ISBN0-88011-644-7).
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