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A problem that is found nowadays not only in personal psychology, but also in the socio-political ideology is ‘lack of objectivity’. In 19th century there arose ‘discovery of self’ as a global sign of modernity that developed ‘self-consciousness of nation’. Being sarcastic about the opinions of many historians that nationalism is a fiction this on the contrary is accelerated in the period of neoliberalism. And this tendency is growing in the sports society of Korean that used to be regarded as irrelevant to the political ideology.In the Republic of Korea Taekwondo is not merely a sport. As Korean after the liberation from Japanese occupation were looking for their identity in the chauvinistic nationalism under the military dictatorship during the 1970s Taekwondo appeared as a pride of Korean, played a role in the socio-political education and moreover was understood as a religious mission of Korean nationalism. In this atmosphere the important Taekwondo organizations(Korea Taekwondo Association, World Taekwondo Federation and Kukkiwon) have been established by Kim, Un Yong who was supported by the government. The organizations stood under a one-person-ruling system so that they worked as if they were one organization.More than 35 years after the foundation of them there are many trials worldwide to deny the authorities of the main organizations concerning the Dan-test of Taekwondo. This also demands to reform the system of world Taekwondo. Effective facing this current demand is to unificate at least two organizations - Kukkiwon and WTF-that have been founded according to the ideological atmosphere of the 70s. For this Kukkiwon should be absorbed into WTF and reorganized as a part of WTF.Keeping a traditional culture with a world view without objectivity can be apt to incline to chauvinism and to run counter to the current of time to the open world. And it is not easy to play an important role in the world with the system derived from such a view of the world. Now it will revive Taekwondo as world sport to turn the Taekwondo organizations of the olden days to the future-oriented system. And it also is important to know that Taekwondo is no more Korean sport, but a world sport.