DTM NEWS
- 2022.06.07
- [Team Project] Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships
- As a part of Team Project, Dream Together Master 9th batch students participated in the Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships and played a role as a volunteer (Team assistance) from April 18 – 24, 2022. DTM students were assigned to the Taekwondo teams based on their nationality. The students have been divided into small teams to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the international championships operations and will provide constructive feedback on what improvements can be made after the championships ends. Since 2014, the Dream Together Master students have participated in sport mega-events such as 17th Asian Games, 28th Summer Universiade, 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and 18th FINA World Championships.
- 2022.05.30
- Offline Classes are Back!
- Offline classes are back! DTM 9th batch students return back to offline classes with Dr. Jooeun Ahn and JAebum Park's joint class of sport and technology.
- 2022.05.30
- [Special Lecture] Sport and Big Data
- Dr. Younghan Lee, current professor at Mississippi State University, gave an online special lecture about sport and big data on February 28, 2022.
- 2022.05.30
- DTM Hosts a Joint Session with SNU's Sport Management Group L&K
- DTM hosted a joint session where SNU's sport management group L&K gave an online presentation about sport development in countries where sport is underdeveloped, and DTM students were able to provide input, drawing from their own experiences on February 24, 2022.
- 2022.05.30
- [Special Lecture] Making Competitive Advantage Sustainable in Sport
- The Korean Archery Association and World Archery Vice President Kyu Hyung Han gave a special lecture about the attributes that make competitive advantage sustainable in sport on February 22, 2022. Mr. Han provided the lecture with a team from the Korean Archery Association where they first explained the long history of Korean archery. Korea has long dominated archery as demonstrated by Team Korea sweeping the gold medals in archery at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics last year and the Korean women’s team in archery consistently acquiring the Olympian gold since the sport was first introduced at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The lecture continued with a case study on how the Korean Archery Association selected and trained athletes for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in addition to the meticulous evaluation of the Tokyo performance in preparation for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. This special lecture was conducted online, and a Q&A session was held after the lecture.
- 2022.05.30
- [Special Lecture] Globalization of Baseball
- Famed baseball commentator and current favored nominee for the Korean Baseball Organization League Commissioner Heo Koo Youn held a talk on the topic of Globalization of Baseball on January 27, 2022, at Seoul National University. Heo kicked off the lecture with a brief history of Korean baseball and how it was first introduced to Korea by American missionaries. He explained that although baseball’s history in Korea is rather short, with intensive care for future baseball athletes and adequate financial support, baseball soon took a stronghold in Korean everyday life, allowing the Korean national baseball team to win the Baseball World Cup in 1982 and the gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Korean national baseball team currently stands third in the World Baseball Softball Confederation World Rankings. Heo expressed that because not a lot of countries compete in baseball, with the right management and funding to foster up-and-coming athletes, countries new to baseball will be able to gain a competitive edge through baseball. Because of this belief, Heo spends his time and effort to promote baseball in other Asian countries, most notably Vietnam and Cambodia where he builds baseball fields and donates baseball equipment. In the words of Dr. Joon-ho Kang, the DTM Director, “Heo Koo Youn is a baseball activist.” After the lecture, a Q&A session took place where students shared how baseball was perceived back in their home countries, contributing to a discussion of the development of baseball.
- 2022.05.30
- Celebrating a Journey that Began and Ended in a Pandemic
- The commencement ceremony for the Dream Together Master Class of 2022 was successfully held offline on December 20, 2021, in Seoul National University. 23 DTM 8th batch students from all over the world earned master’s degrees in sport management at Seoul National University after completing the intensive curriculum provided by the Dream Together Master program. 9th batch valedictorian Claudia Cardenas from Ecuador and 9th batch president Sara Mo’men from Egypt each expressed her challenging but extraordinary journey in Korea to fellow graduates and professors. The ceremony was conducted by an invitation only basis of graduating students and professors due to government guidelines of social distancing.
- 2022.05.30
- Delve into KSPO: 8th Batch Team Project
- Due to ongoing restrictions due to the worldwide pandemic, the 8th batch turned to DTM’s sponsor Korea Sports Promotion Foundation (KSPO) to research in depth the organizational structure and practices of one of the largest sport organizations in Korea. Under usual circumstances, the 8th Batch would have participated in one of the many mega sport events in Korea to conduct research for the curriculum-required team project. However, with KSPO’s cooperation, students were able to research various ongoing projects and departments within KSPO. Students were divided into five different groups, and each group undertook one KSPO project or department for field research. The five different groups researched the bicycle and motorboat racing business, SPOEX, National Fitness Award, Seoul Olympic Legacy, and Korea Institute of Sport Science. The bicycle and motorboat racing business is one of many but important fundraising business to support KSPO, and SPOEX which is derivative of the words sports and exhibition is a project that supports companies that make sport-related products. The Seoul Olympic Legacy is a project that aims to keep the legacy of Seoul Olympics alive in Korea, and the National Fitness Award is a project that has the mission to raise health awareness to all citizens so that they can live up to 100 years. Finally, the Korea Institute of Sport Science aims to provide academic research regarding sport. Topics of the student research are in the following: Supporting the Growth of Sport Companies: Understanding the Sport Industry Segmentation in SPOEX, Bicycle and Motorboat Racing Business: Fundraising business to support KSPO, Sociocultural Legacy of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games: New Vision of Legacy in South Korea, Examination of Korean Sport Institute of Sports Science Research Influence on Team Korea Performance on Olympic Games, and Bringing NFA 100 Close to University Students.
- 2022.05.30
- UNESCO International Convention Executive Secretary Talks with DTM Head
- Former Regional Advisor for Africa and current Executive Secretary of UNESCO Internatioanl Convention in the area of sport values, ethics and integrity, Marcelin Dally had a meeting with DTM Director Joon-ho Kang at the DTM office, discussing about future collaboration on December 6, 2021.
- 2022.05.30
- [Forum] Dream Together Seoul Forum 2021
- The Dream Together Seoul Forum 2021 was held at the El Tower Orce Hall, Seoul, Republic of Korea, on Friday, November 19, 2021 (14:00 – 17:00) where live streaming was available through Facebook and Zoom. The theme for this year’s one-day annual event was Sport and SDGs for the New Globe where important issues regarding sport and the SDGs were discussed through presentations by sport leaders from around the world. Influential figures including Keynote Speaker Won-soo Kim, Current Member, IOC Commission for Public Affairs and Social Development; Hyun-jae Cho, Chairman of Korea Sports Promotion Foundation; Joon-ho Kang, Director of Dream Together Master Program; Paul Hunt, Senior Project Manager at International Platform on Sport and Development; So-young Kwon, Professor at George Mason Univ. Korea; Bo-kyun Shim, Head of the United Nations Project Office on Governance(UNPOG); Rocky Kang-ro Yoon, President of the International Sport Diplomacy Institute(ISDI); Jiae Sohn, Professor at Ewha Womans University; DTM Alumni Nominzul Khuyag, Executive Director at Ninja Wolves Sports Foundation in Mongolia; Mazhan Mujail, Deputy Director at Federal Territory Sports Council in Malaysia; and Razif Bin Sazali, Assistant Executive Officer at the National Sports Institute of Malaysia contributed to the discussion of Sport and the SDGs for the New Globe.