JAKARTA -- South Korea captured gold in the women's recurve archery team event at the 18th Asian Games on Monday, extending its winning streak to six straight. The trio of Chang Hye-jin, Kang Chae-won and Lee Eun-gyeong defeated Chinese Taipei by the set score of 5-3 at GBK Archery Field. Team recurve matches use the set system, where each side receives two set points for winning a set of six a...

JAKARTA -- South Korea's Jung Hye-lim won the gold medal in women's 100-meter hurdles at the 18th Asian Games on Sunday. Jung clocked 13.20 seconds to finish first among eight finalists at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Main Stadium in Jakarta. Emilia Nova of Indonesia took silver at 13.33, followed by Lui Lai Yiu of Hong Kong at 13.42. (Yonhap) This was South Korea's first Asiad gold in athletics i...

PALEMBANG, (Yonhap) -- South Korean Chon Jong-won won gold in the men's combined sport climbing event at the 18th Asian Games on Sunday. South Korean sport climber Chon Jong-won celebrates after completing the bouldering portion of the men's combined event at the 18th Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia, on Sunday. (Yonhap) After the speed, bouldering and lead events, Chon had six total points ...

PALEMBANG, (Yonhap) -- The coaches of the unified Korean canoeing team on Sunday cited athletes' grit and rigorous training for their success at the 18th Asian Games. The unified Korean canoeing team grabbed the gold medal in women's 500-meter dragon boat racing at the Asian Games at the Jakabaring Rowing & Canoeing Regatta Course in Palembang, Indonesia, the co-host city of the Asian Games with...

JAKARTA, (Yonhap) -- It was older sister's turn. North Korea's Rim Jong-sim won a gold medal in dominant fashion in the women's 75-kilogram division weightlifting competition at the 18th Asian Games on Sunday, following her younger sister's victory the previous day. North Korea's Rim Jong-sim lifts a barbell in the women's 75-kilogram division weightlifting competition at the 18th Asian Games a...

PALEMBANG, (Yonhap) -- The unified Korean canoeing team continued its historic run at the 18th Asian Games as it grabbed the gold medal in women's 500-meter dragon boat racing on Sunday. The 16-member dragon boat racing team clocked 2 minutes, 24.788 seconds in the women's canoeing traditional boat race to finish first among six contestants at the Jakabaring Rowing & Canoeing Regatta Course in P...

JAKARTA, (Yonhap) -- South Korea will go for a complete sweep of the gold medals in compound archery at the 18th Asian Games after its men's and women's teams reached their respective finals on Sunday. The men's team of Choi Yong-hee, Kim Jong-ho and Hong Sung-ho defeated Malaysia 235-229 in the semifinals at GBK Archery Field in Jakarta. South Korean compound archers celebrate their victory ov...

Sung Ki-ra won the gold medal in the women's ju-jitsu newaza event at the 18th Asian Games on Saturday. Sung defeated Tian En Constance Lien of Singapore 4-2 in the newaza women's under-62kg class at Jakarta Convention Center Assembly Hall, giving South Korea its first-ever medal in ju-jitsu. Ju-jitsu is being contested in the Asian Games for the first time here. (Yonhap) The 21-year-old, who...

The unified Korean canoeing team won a historic medal in women's 200-meter dragon boat racing at the 18th Asian Games on Saturday. The 12-member dragon boat racing team earned bronze in the women's canoeing traditional boat race after finishing third among six contestants at the Jakabaring Rowing & Canoeing Regatta Course in Palembang, Indonesia, the co-host city of the Asian Games with Jakarta,...

South Korea knocked North Korea out of the women's team recurve archery event at the 18th Asian Games on Saturday. Chang Hye-jin, Kang Chae-young and Lee Eun-gyeong of the South Korea defeated Kang Un-ju, Pak Hyang-sun and Ri Ji-hyang by the set score of 6-0 in the quarterfinals at GBK Archery Field in Jakarta. Team recurve matches use the set system, where each side receives two set points for...

For South Koreans, Wong Ada is better known as a reality show contestant than a karate practitioner. Wong, who earned popularity on the reality competition show "K-pop Star" in 2014 with her singing talent, is now a karate practitioner representing South Korea at the 18th Asian Games on Saturday. The 17-year-old failed to reach the podium in women's kata, losing 5-0 to Kiyou Shimizu of Japan, t...

North Korean shooter Pak Myong-won won the gold medal in the men's 10-meter running target mixed competition at the 18th Asian Games on Saturday. Pak earned 384 points in the final, edging Muhammad Putra of Indonesia by four points to claim the gold at the Jakabaring Sport City Shooting Range in Palembang, Indonesia, the co-host city of the Asian Games with Jakarta. Gan Yu of China took third at...

With her latest victory, South Korean bowler Ryu Seo-yeon has tied the record for most summer Asian Games gold medals by a South Korean with six. Ryu moved into a tie with swimmer Park Tae-hwan and fencer Nam Hyun-hee by winning the women's Team of Six gold medal on Friday in Palembang, co-host city of the 18th Asian Games with Jakarta. Ryu won her first gold medal at Doha 2006 in the women's T...

South Korean shooter Choi Young-jeon won a gold medal in the men's 300-meter standard rifle event at the 18th Asian Games on Friday. Choi scored 569 points to finish first among 13 contestants at the Jakabaring Sport City Shooting Range in Palembang, Indonesia, the co-host city of the Asian Games with Jakarta. Hussain Alharbi of Saudi Arabia took silver with 568 points. Lee Won-gyu of South Kore...

PALEMBANG -- South Korean rower Park Hyun-su won the gold medal in the lightweight men's single sculls at the 18th Asian Games on Friday. Park finished the 2,000-meter race in 7 minutes, 12.86 seconds, 1.30 seconds ahead of Chiu Hin Chun of Hong Kong at Jakabaring Rowing & Canoeing Regatta Course in Jakabaring Sport City in Palembang, the co-host city of the Asian Games with Jakarta. (Yonhap) ...