Taekwondo diplomacy: new possibilities for peace on the Korean Peninsula

Physical Activity Review

John A. Johnson¹  George Vitale² 

[1] Keimyung University, Department of Taekwondo, Korea;The National Committee on North Korea, Washington, D.C., USA;

关键词: soft diplomacy;    international relations;    sports diplomacy;    international taekwon-do federation (itf);    world taekwondo (wt);   

DOI  :  10.16926/par.2018.06.28

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Sports diplomacy has longbeeneffectiveinbringingnationsandculturestogether.Sportsdiplomacyisatypeofsoftdiplomacy:themoreinformaldiplomaticengagementsbetweennon-government entities that sometimes operate with governmental support, but more often as a private exchange. Soft diplomacy has provided governments a place where greater understanding happens, which has in turn led to increased political cooperation. Taekwondo, the Korean martial art turned international Olympicsport,hasbeenusedforsoftdiplomaticpurposesalmostsinceitsinception.Mostrecently,theTaekwondodemonstrationteamsfromtheRepublicofKorea(ROK;SouthKorea)andtheDemocraticPeople’sRepublicofKorea(DPRK;NorthKorea)havebeenusedasatooltobridgethepolitical gap between the two divided nations. The current research introduces a general framework of diplomacy and elucidates the soft diplomacy efforts made by ROK and DPRK Taekwondo organizations in order to provide a foundation for future research on Taekwondo diplomacy and peace negotiations.

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