The World Taekwondo Peace Corps (TPC) was launched in 2008 with the theme of "World Peace through the Great Taekwondo Spirit".
By Nick Butler at the Jamsil Lotte World Hotel in Seoul
World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue is increasing pressure on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and United Nations to introduce a Sport Peace Corps to centralise the distribution of funding around the world.
December 13 - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) and the United Nations on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) in an effort to use taekwondo as a vehicle to promote the common goals of sport-for-all and peace.
June 5 - Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the United Nations (UN), has been awarded an honorary 10th Dan black belt by World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue to mark the 40th anniversary of the sport's world governing body.
November 2 - The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has made the shortlist for the International Sports Federation of the Year award at the Peace and Sport International Forum in Sochi for the outstanding contribution to communities in developing nations made by its global Peace Corps initiative.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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