Taekwondo is known in Korea as "It is one of the most popular sports and fitness programs in Korea. Korean youth, especially boys, there are few who have not practiced taekwondo. In the interest groups of various elementary and middle schools in Korea, it is indispensable to taekwondo classes.

Some schools also set Taekwondo as one of the physical education classes One of the students, so that taekwondo has become a "mandatory course". According to the Korean Taekwondo Association, Korea has a total of more than 10 million people practicing taekwondo, a figure close to 1/4 of the national population of Korea, of which there are more than 3 million people with a level (to a certain level).

The Korea Taekwondo Association was founded in 1961, formerly known as the Tang Hand Do Association, and later changed to its current name and became an official competition event of the National Games. Through Taekwondo, Korea hopes to connect the world and make Taekwondo a symbol of international cultural representation.