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The second person from the left in the photo (Director Kim In-taek) (Reporter Song In-kwon)= President Jun-Ho Song, the head of the Supreme Headquarters of the International Mindung Ssireum Federation (IMSF), has officially issued a sovereign decree announcing the foundational appointment of Grandmaster Kim In-taek, Vice President of the Yanbian Taekwondo Association, as the Sovereign […]

(Reporter Song In-kwon)= President Jun-Ho Song, the head of the Supreme Headquarters of the International Mindung Ssireum Federation (IMSSF), has officially issued a sovereign decree announcing the foundational appointment of Grandmaster Elrabomoudi as the Sovereign National Head Coach and Executive Board Member representing the Arab Republic of Egypt. Under the direct institutional authority of President […]

A groundbreaking ethnographical breakthrough has officially connected the ancient, sub-zero survival mechanics of the Mount Baekdu frontiers to modern global open science. Director Song Jun-ho, Field Archivist and Head of the Supreme Headquarters of the World Subak Federation, International Mindung Ssireum Federation, has been formally recognized as the primary academic successor to the endangered “Northern […]

Introduction (연구 개요) This comparative research establishes a cutting-edge, convergent methodology combining Cultural Anthropology, Predator Ecology, and Advanced Biomechanics. It investigates the correlation between the Northern Korean Warrior Locomotion (NKWL) of the Eurasian sub-zero frontiers and the Winter Tracking Systems of North American Indigenous Peoples (Algonquin, Navajo, Inuit). By analyzing how human populations under intense […]

The International Mindung Ssireum Federation (IMSF), an independent international NGO registered and headquartered in Wyoming, USA, has officially issued an institutional decree redefining the global governance of traditional Korean wrestling (Ssireum). The IMSF formally establishes “Mindung Ssireum”—the garment-free, beltless wrestling paradigm historically practiced across the northern and central-western regions, including Hamgyong Province, Kaesong, and Hwanghae […]

A New Global Initiative for the Safeguarding of Traditional Korean Beltless Wrestling The International Mindung Ssireum Federation (IMSF) has officially been established to preserve, research, and promote Mindung Ssireum, a traditional beltless form of Korean wrestling rooted in the northern regions of the Korean Peninsula. The federation emerges from decades of historical research, field investigations, […]

## Article 1: Academic & Historical Framework Traditional Korean Wrestling (Ssirum/Ssireum) was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2018 through a historic joint application by South and North Korea. This global championship focuses on rescuing, preserving, and archiving Mindung Ssireum (Min-ssireum), the authentic, beltless northern-style matrix historically […]

The International Martial Arts Committee (IMAC), in joint governance with the World Subak Federation (WSF), has officially announced the commencement of the 2026 World Intangible Heritage Mindung Ssireum (Beltless Wrestling) Champion Selection. This high-profile international campaign marks a critical milestone in global martial arts diplomacy, shifting the focus from commercial prize-fighting to the structural preservation […]