Koryo Hand Therapy has rapidly spread all over the world since KHT was revealed to the public. In Japan, Many clinical KHT experiments were performed by the late Dr. Manaka Yoshio, Dr. Yastu Mistuo, the honorary professor of Nihon University, Dr. Hida Kazhiko, the otholaryngologist, since Koryo Hand Therapy information was serially published in a Japanese journal of western medicine by Dr. Tae Suk Song in 1977.
In the US, KHT was introduced first to the 2nd International Oriental Medicine Congress held in 1984. Since then, KHT seminars have been held periodically.

Both Dr. Peter Eckman and Dr. Jae Woo Yoo have put in a great deal of effort to spread KHT in the US. Since 1994 Dr. Dan Lobash has worked very hard to spread KHT even further. From November 1996 to Nov. 1998, a training program for KHT teachers was completed successfully in LA and has been conducted continually from then on. These trained teachers are expected to help the future students of KHT in North America. Also, there are many acupuncturists in the US who have visited Korea to learn KHT. They has contributed to the improvement of the public's health.

American acupuncturists who have studied KHT are estimated to be about 6,000. KHT was adopted as a credited course in UC Berkly University and UCLA University.

KHT has also spread to Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, South-East Asia, Africa, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, and Argentina.
In Korea, the 16th Korean-Japanese Koryo Hand Therapy Symposium held in to 2002 to exchange the methods of clinical treatment and share the information of clinical treatment.

In addition, various kinds of valuable thesis for KHT therapy have been announced in many symposia and congresses held all over the world, e.g. the 3rd Korean-Columbia Oriental Medicine Congress, the 2nd Korean-Spain Koryo Hand Acupuncture Symposium, the World Oriental Medicine Congress in Holland, the 9th World Women Health Congress held in Egypt, Canadian Oriental Acupuncture Symposium in 1999, and the 11th Pacific Oriental Acupuncture Symposium in San Diego, 1999.

Many clinical thesis and treatment methods reported from many symposium and congresses have been compiled and published into a book by 106 edition since Oct., 1981.
Moreover, KHT was adopted as a cultural studies in many domestic universities such as E-Wha University, Yon Sei University, Koryo University, Kyoung Hee University. It is a required course in Han Sung University, Won Kyang University, Chun Ju University, and Ho Sheo University. It has been adopted as an alternative medicine in many hospital such as Yong Dong Hospital and Seoul Central Hospital.

KHT therapy has been applied for students' voluntary service for rural communities and is practiced now for treating their neighborhood and the elderly by more than 300 groups of KHT as a voluntary service for charity.
In 1999, a college specializing in Koryo Hand Acupuncture was established to produce KHT Licensed Practitioners authorized by the Health Ministry of Brazil.
In Korea, the Korea National Tourism Organization selected KHT as the representative tourism item of Korea. This provides a "KHT Experience Program" in English to the foreigners who are visiting Korea.