Goyang: An annual badminton tournament for multicultural families, hosted by Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's key newswire, was held Saturday to strengthen ties and facilitate communication among the families through the sport.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the 2026 National Multicultural Family Badminton Tournament took place at Goyang Sono Arena in the city of Goyang, just north of Seoul. It involved some 500 players and their families from across the country. This year's tournament was co-hosted with the Goyang City Sports Council.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the Goyang city government, the Korean Institute for Healthy Family, and Yonhap News TV sponsored the event. Yonhap has been hosting the event since 2010 to promote harmony among families of diverse national and cultural backgrounds in an increasingly diversifying society.
"Even though language, culture, and race are different, if there is a shuttlecock, you can quickly become friends," said Yonhap News Agency President and CEO Hwang Dae-il in his congratulatory speech. Gender Equality Vice Minister Jung Goo-chang emphasized in a welcoming speech that the government will spare no effort to help multicultural families grow and live in a harmonious society.