Setting down roots in the Land of Smilespublished : 23 Feb 2022 at 04:00 newspaper section: [Life](http://search.bangkokpost.com/search/result_advanced?category=news&xNewsSection=Life) It was at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics that Thailand’s national taekwondo coach Choi Young-seok of South Korea first seriously entertained the idea of becoming a Thai citizen. “I had a strong premonition at the time that we had a shot at clinching a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics [where Panipak Wongpattanakit claimed the gold medal for women’s taekwondo in the 49kg category], after managing to secure silver and…