The 13th Taekwondo Championship for the Ambassador's Cup of the Republic of Korea in Turkmenistan will be held in Ashgabat on August 16-17. The competition will be held at the Martial Arts Arena in the Olympic village.
According to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Ashgabat, the first Ambassador's Cup tournament was held in 2010. Since then, the competition has become traditional and contributes to the development of bilateral sports cooperation between the two countries.
In 2017, the national taekwondo teams of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea took part in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which were held in Turkmenistan. Currently, about 500 people practice taekwondo in the country.
