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...person has done more for Taekwondo than Kim Un Yong. When he took over the newly formed World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) three decades ago, the Korean martial art was viewed as a crude form of Japan's karate. Today, millions practice the sport worldwide, and four years ago it became a medal sport at the Sydney Olympics...
...Taekwondo grew, so did Kim's stature: he became the sports czar of South Korea and, last July, a vice president of the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.). "He had the power to do anything," says a Korean sports journalist...
...More like godfather, Korean prosecutors say. Last week, Kim went on trial for corruption and bribery, accused of pilfering $3.3 million from Taekwondo organizations, including the WTF, and of taking bribes from businessmen and Korean Olympic committee officials. Korea's top sports diplomat, prosecutors charge, ran "a general store of corruption." Kim has denied all the charges, although he admits he mixed personal funds with sports monies and that he had to spread cash around for the sake of "sports diplomacy," including sending funds across the border to convince North Korea to march as a united peninsula at the opening...
After the tasting, Allen introduces us to more of his pet devices, including the 150-gallon mixers with pneumatic pumps. Allen twists opened a valve, and sixteen ounces of Beef Bourgignon slosh into a plastic bag. Allen retracts a clamp, sealing the bag, and laterals it to Kim Hannon, CSG’s executive sous chef, bringing the brown mixture one step closer to the infamous cooling tank...
...tears were flowing as freely as the pre-show Cosmos. Hugging was becoming contagious. On screen, Carrie and Big were finding amour sous l’Eiffel, and Kim Cattrall’s clothes were coming off. It was the “end of an era,” as a friend of mine put it—and I realized I was privy to a moment of feminine bonding that I would rarely have the chance to witness with such proximity again...