A charity demonstration by World Taekwondo was held successfully in Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province in Korea on August 16, 2018.

The event was promoted by the GCS Korea Yeongnam District and sponsored by GCS International, GCS Korea and World Taekwondo.

Despite bad weather, the WT demonstration attracted more than 500 people, including taekwondo masters and students in the Ulsan region, showing the public’s great interest in WT demonstration. Heavy rain and wind forced the organizers to postpone the event, but they decided to go ahead with the demonstration as rain stopped two hours before the demonstration.

Proceeds from the WT charity demonstration, which took place on Ilsan Beach in Ulsan, will be used to empower the “powerless” like orphans, reformatory inmates and victims of natural disasters in developing countries.

Among attendees were Yun Chang-soon, president of the GCS Korea Yeongnam District; Dr. Huh Jong, vice president of GCS International; and Mrs. Han Seung-yeon, a member of GCS International board of trustees.

“I hope this charity demonstration will be an annual event, which will benefit disadvantaged and vulnerable people overseas,” said Dr. Chungwon Choue, president of World Taekwondo, in his congratulatory speech, which was read by Dr. Huh. “I am so happy to see that this charity event takes place in Korea, the birth place of taekwondo.”

To fulfill its social responsibility, World Taekwondo has since 2016 carried out its in-house Taekwondo Cares programs and has joined forces with the Swiss-based Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation for international charity projects.

GCS International, which marks its 40^th anniversary next year, has strived to achieve three major focuses of goodwill, cooperation and service-contribution by promoting healthy societies, better living, preservation of nature, restoration of human dignity, and promotion of world peace.

GCS International signed a cooperation agreement with World Taekwondo and the THF to help facilitate taekwondo-based humanitarian projects around the world.

On July 17, 2018, GCS International and World Taekwondo jointly promoted the “2018 Jeju World Peace Walkathon” on Jeju Island.