President of Korea Baduk Federation
Soo-ro YOON
Make it Better!
I would like to welcome all the representatives from all over the world who have visited Korea to participate in the 14th Korea Prime Minister Cup International Baduk Championship.
We are pleased to hold the 14th Korea Prime Minister Cup. This Championship is the opportunity to unite Baduk people from around the world with different languages and cultures.
Baduk is a great recreational activity and the best mind sport for building emotional stability and developing endurance. Furthermore, its popularity is growing beyond the borders, languages, and cultural differences as a global sport for all ages.
In the flow of Baduk globalization, the Korea Prime Minister Cup World Baduk Championship have the meaning of spreading the power of Korea Baduk and the excellence of Korean culture to the world, and providing a place for exchange and communication among Baduk people around the world. In addition, it will be more important place to promote international friendship and better communication among the world.
Lastly, I would like to thank to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, and Gangwon-do for their great help in the success of this Championship.
We wish you good luck!
Thank you.
태백시장
류태호
We sincerely congratulate you on holding the world’s largest Baduk Festival, the world’s largest Baduk Championship. Nice to meet you. I am Tae-ho Ryu, Taebaek Mayor.
In our clean Taebaek, we would like to invite you from all over the world to the eyes of everybody in the clean Taebaek.
However, all sports events at home and abroad are canceled or postponed due to Corona19.
It is true that there are sports that can be played online like this
I'm glad and I think it's a good thing about Baduk.
It is often said that Baduk is similar to our life. The storm flows gently.
It's not easy to predict, such as driving out and shaking hands to become lucky numbers.
It is said that the difficult thing is like Baduk. I would like to pay homage to all of you who are playing life-like Baduk, acclimatizing and sometimes challenging on this unpredictable Baduk board. I hope that each of you plays one of God’s moves in real games.
We hope that you will be able to unleash the skills you have developed in this tournament and meet at the event held in Taebaek when September comes to be a little cooler.
Although it is a short period of two days, come to Taebaek and enjoy the freshness and clearness of nature.
Please feel the air and fill your body with healthy energy.
Lastly, I wish all of the athletes who participated in the International Baduk Tournament to wish for a long journey without any mistakes, and wish all of them to live in their own lives. Thank you.
President of Korean Sports & Olympic Committee
Kee-Heung LEE
Dear Go family from all over the world, nice to meet you.
First of all, we sincerely congratulate the hosting of the 15th Prime Minister Cup World Baduk Championship, and we welcome all of the world's Baduk families to participate in this tournament.
Along with the expansion of the sports field, in addition to traditional sports, where physical confrontation predominates, Mind Sports, which uses the body called the brain, which is the core of the central nervous system, to divide victory and defeat with intelligence is gaining worldwide popularity. Unlike the past, which was limited to play and games, it is growing as a sport that pioneers new areas of physical education.
In particular, the traditional mind sports of the East, the Baduk, has developed the brain, spreads social exchange, and achieves good leisure, so it is gradually developing the event and expanding the base.
The World Baduk Championship is the world's largest championship. Since its foundation in 2006, every year over the past 15 years, Baduk players with the best skills in more than 60 countries, including Asia, the Americas, and Europe, participate.
This year, various events and sports events are being postponed due to the global spread of Corona 19, but we are very glad to hold the first online tournament this time, taking advantage of the uniqueness of the event. Through this competition, we look forward to making the game of Baduk a bigger leap even in the post-corona era.
Players who participated in this competition are expected to participate in fair play spirit with fairness in every match, and hope that the spectators who watch the game online will also have fun.
Once again, I wish you the successful hosting of the tournament, and I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all the officials of the tournament, including the president of the Korea Baduk Association, Yoon Soo-ro, who has spared no effort to prepare for this tournament.
We wish you all the health and happiness of those who participated.
Thank you.
President of Korea Baduk Association
Chae-Jung LIM
Hello everyone.
Congratulations on holding the 15th Prime Ministers Cup World Baduk Championship.
I am very glad that the competition will be held even though it is a serious situation caused by the spread of Corona19.
This competition will be the first online game in the 15-year history of Prime Minister Bae. It is an online game, not a face-to-face game. However, it is the best option in the current situation to compete with players from 61 countries.
The Players may be proud to be able to play a Baduk game online, with other events being postponed and canceled. Due to the prolongation of Corona 19, a paradigm shift is required in many ways. Being able to replace the game of Baduk online will continue to be a great advantage.
The scene of playing computers in front of computers in Asia, Europe, the Americas, Oceania, and Africa is a welcome sight. However, it is predictable that there will be difficulties and difficulties according to the local situation of each country including the time difference problem. We applaud the hard work of all who have overcome various difficulties and prepared for the competition without any problems.
Players who participated on behalf of each country are urged to play their best without any regrets. Although I don't put it face-to-face, I hope that you can show that you can share warm sympathy beyond the LAN.
It seems that the Prime Minister's ship is playing a pivotal role in the globalization of Baduk, and I am proud as one of the people in the Baduk world.
Lastly, I would like to express my gratitude to all the officials of the competition, including Prime Minister Jung Se-gyun, who has worked hard to hold this event.
Thank you.
강원도시사
최문순
Hello? This is Choi Mun-soon, the governor of Gangwon-do.
First of all, I sincerely congratulate you on the 15th Prime Minister Cup World Baduk Championship.
This is the second tournament held in Gangwon-do following the 14th, and was scheduled to be held in Taebaek, an oxygen city centered on beautiful natural scenery, but unfortunately, it was held online due to Corona 19.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to President Soo-Ro Yoon and related people of the Korea Baduk Association for their efforts to prepare for the competition despite these difficult conditions.
Players from 61 countries around the world, including Korea, will become one with the spirit of Baduk. We hope that you will show your best skills and promote propaganda to your heart's content, and hope that through this competition, you will develop a sports spirit of peace and humanity that overcomes victory and defeat.
As it is scheduled to be held in Gangwon-do for the next tournament, we will actively support those who love Baduk to unleash their skills.
Once again, I sincerely congratulate you on holding the World Baduk Championships, and I hope you enjoy the festival venue where the World Baduk players become one.
Thank you.
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