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North Korea’s taekwondo UNESCO bid expected to pass

North Korea’s bid to have taekwondo added to UNESCO’s cultural heritage list is expected to succeed. South Korea submitted a separate nomination after weighing a joint application with the North, leaving the two countries with parallel bids.
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