According to Kim Chol Gyu, director of finance and administration of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), the ITF adopted at its general meeting held in Bulgaria in August this year a decision that the DPRK will host the 20th World Taekwon-Do Championships.

The general meeting elected Ri Yong Son, who was general executive director of the ITF and vice-chairman of the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee, president of the ITF and Jang Ung, former ITF president, honorary president of the ITF.

The Taekwon-Do Hall in Chongchun Street, Pyongyang has been spruced up as part of preparations for the championships.

Kim Yong Jae, manager of the Taekwon-Do Hall, said that the renovation of the hall is now getting accelerated.

The Taekwon-Do Hall witnessed two world Taekwon-Do championships and the World Juvenile Taekwon-Do Championship since its opening on September 10, 1992.