South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler Kim Hyeon-woo failed to defend his Asian Games title on Wednesday and ended up getting a bronze medal. Kim collected a victory by technical superiority over Shermet Permanov of Turkmenistan with a 9-0 score to grab a repechage bronze medal in the men's 77-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta. At Jakarta Convention Center...

North Korea's O Kang-chol won a gold medal in the men's 69-kilogram division weightlifting competition at the 18th Asian Games on Wednesday. O lifted a combined total of 336kg to deliver North Korea's third gold in weightlifting at Jakarta-Palembang 2018. He was followed by Doston Yukbov of Uzbekistan at 331kg and Izzat Artykov of Kyrgyzstan at 330kg. North Korea took two weightlifting gold med...

South Korea defended its gold medal in the women's team sabre fencing at the 18th Asian Games on Wednesday. South Korea defeated China 45-36 at Jakarta Convention Center Cendrawasih Hall in Jakarta for its fourth fencing gold medal at these Asian Games. The South Korean team of Kim Ji-yeon, Yoon Ji-su, Choi Soo-yeon and Hwang Seon-a came to Jakarta ranked fourth in the world, two spots above Ch...

Taekwondo fighter Lee Hwa-jun won a silver medal after finishing second in the men's 80-kilogram division sparring competition at the 18th Asian Games on Wednesday. Lee lost to Nikita Rafalovich of Uzbekistan 21-18 in the final at Jakarta Convention Center Plenary Hall in Jakarta to grab his first Asiad medal. It was South Korea's fourth silver medal in taekwondo "kyorugi" (sparring) at Jakarta-...

The unified Korean dragon boat racing team members sing a song when they feel exhausted, but when the competition is over, they hope they can listen to it. "Arirang," a folk song that is popular in both South and North Korea, is serving as an energizer for the unified team, the South's drummer Lee Hyeon-joo said Wednesday as the canoeists began their training in Palembang, Indonesia, for the 18t...

JAKARTA -- South Korea took the bronze medal in men's team epee fencing at the 18th Asian Games on Wednesday, after losing to China in the semifinals. South Korea fell to China 45-41 at Jakarta Convention Center Cendrawasih Hall in Jakarta, unable to capture the country's fourth consecutive Asiad title. In team fencing, each match consists of nine individual bouts, and each member of a team fac...

JAKARTA -- South Korean cyclist Na Ah-reum captured gold in the women's road event at the 18th Asian Games on Wednesday. Na finished the 104.4-kilometer race in 2:55.47, 1:20 ahead of Pu Yixian of China. This was South Korea's first cycling gold medal at these Asian Games, and Na's second career title after the individual time trial victory four years ago. (Yonhap)

PALEMBANG, Indonesia -- South Korean Sports Minister Do Jong-whan said Wednesday that he has proposed joint teams with North Korea at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Do was visiting Jakabaring Sports City in Palembang, a co-host city of the 18th Asian Games with Jakarta, to watch the men's unified Korean rowing team along with North Korean Sports Minister Kim Il-guk. "We talked about what to do...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- After picking up his second straight Asian Games gold on Tuesday, South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler Ryu Han-su had already started thinking about winning the ultimate prize -- an Olympic gold. Ryu defeated Almat Kebispayev of Kazakhstan 5-4 in the men's 67kg Greco-Roman wrestling final at the 18th Asian Games here. Among other titles, Ryu has also won the 2013 world title a...

JAKARTA -- South Korean swimmer Kim Seo-yeong won a silver medal in the women's 400-meter individual medley event at the 18th Asian Games on Tuesday. Kim clocked a time of 4 minutes, 37.43 seconds at the Aquatic Center at Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta to finish second among eight contestants. Japan's Yui Ohasi took gold at 4:34.58, while her compatriot Sakiko Shimizu earned bronze ...

JAKARTA -- Taekwondo fighter Lee Ah-reum failed to defend her Asiad title on Tuesday. Lee lost to Luo Zongshi of China, 6-5, in the women's taekwondo 57-kilogram kyorugi (sparring) final at the 18th Asian Games to settle for South Korea's third taekwondo sparring silver at this year's sport event. South Korean taekwondo fighter Lee Ah-reum (left) on Tuesday spars with China's Luo Zongshi at the...

JAKARTA -- Taekwondo fighter Lee Da-bin won a gold medal in the women's over-67 kilogram kyorugi (sparring) competition at the 18th Asian Games on Tuesday. Lee defeated Deniz Cansel of Kazakhstan 27-21 in the final at the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games for her second Asiad gold medal. Lee, 21, was the Asiad champion in the women's 62-kilogram, but she decided to compete in a heavier weight class...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- South Korea won its second straight women’s volleyball match in its Asian Games title defense Tuesday. South Korea defeated Kazakhstan 3-1 (25-9, 25-15, 28-30, 25-20) at GBK Volleyball Indoor, improving to 2-0 in Pool B play. South Korea will next face world No. 1 China on Thursday at the same venue. There are six nations in Pool B and five in Pool A. The top four from...

JAKARTA -- The unified Korean basketball team cruised into the quarterfinals of the 18th Asian Games with an 85-57 win over Kazakhstan on Tuesday. North Korean center Ro Suk-yong led the balanced attack with a game-high 19 points at GBK Basketball Hall in Jakarta, as Korea clinched second place in Group X with a 3-1 record. Even if Chinese Taipei loses to Indonesia later Tuesday and drops to 3-...

JAKARTA -- South Korea's star fencers will chase gold medals in team events at the 18th Asian Games this week after they failed to win individual titles. Park Sang-young and Kim Ji-yeon will compete in team events Wednesday, hoping to make up for their loss in individual events Sunday. Park, a gold medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, took a silver medal in the men's individual epee af...