From the streets of Dakar to qualifying for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Idrissa Keita's story is one of resilience, grit and unwavering determination to become this summer a Paralympic athlete.

World Taekwondo issued a statement on diversity, equality and inclusion on 21 March, the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

New Zealand is in danger of being left without an Olympic quota in taekwondo. On 30th January Taekwondo New Zealand (TNZ) announced the names of the four athletes selected to represent New Zealand at the upcoming 2024 Oceania Olympic Qualifiers Tournament. Cole Creich-Watene (men's -58kg), Eisa Mozhdeh (men's -68kg), Jamie Carpenter (women's -57kg) and Jemesa Landers (women's -67kg) were due to compete for qualification spots at the continental qualifiers. However, their participation at Paris 2024 will be in doubt even if they win the continental tournament.

The 2024 WT President's Cup - Asia was held in Tehran from 16-20 February. Iranian athletes including Amir Mohammad Haghighatshenas (men's K44 -70kg), Saeid Sadeghianpour (men's K44 -63kg) put on an impressive display, winning seven of the 10 gold medals in the Para-Taekwondo competition.

The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) Jordan project in the Azraq refugee camp has been running since 2016. It has shown significant results through the "Humanitarian Taekwondo Center" opened in 2018, where children can practice taekwondo in the best conditions.

The Italian Taekwondo National Team has already qualified for Paris 2024 with Vito Dell'Aquila in the -58 kg category and Simone Alessio in the -80 kg category. Now they are aiming for two more qualifiers in the women's -49kg and -67kg categories.

A 2024 Joint Training Camp organized by World Taekwondo and operated in cooperation with the IOC Olympic Solidarity Program took place in Honiara, the Solomon Islands, from 22 January to 3 February.

The Crown Prince of Fujairah, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, was today presented with the first ever Taekwondo Humanitarian Trophy by World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue during the Fujairah Open. 

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons was today awarded an honorary 9th dan Taekwondo black belt certificate by World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue at the federation’s headquarters in Seoul. 

World Taekwondo and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen the empowerment and self-reliance of refugees through the practice of taekwondo.

The Ministry of Youth Sports and the NOC of Ukraine called on World Taekwondo (WT) to immediately review the decision and follow the example of the International Curling Federation (World Curling Federation) and other sports federations in suspending Russian and Belarusian athletes from all international competitions.

The World Taekwondo Council held an Extraordinary meeting on December 10 in which they reinforced the federation’s commitment to sustained excellence in governance across the organisation, especially with regard to athletes.

The president of the World Taekwondo Dr. Chungwon Choue spoke about the plans in 2024 in his new year message.

Dr. Chungwon Choue, the president of World Taekwondo talked about the organisation’s humanitarian efforts during 2023.

December was an important month for the World Taekwondo, as six athletes from each of the eight weight categories booked their places for Paris 2024.