After receiving their silver medals in the Asian Games men's team 10m running target, North Korean marksmen decline to turn towards the flag during the rendition of the national anthem of winners South Korea
HANGZHOU, China – Three North Korean marksmen refused to join their South Korean rivals in a group photo of medal winners at the Hangzhou Asian Games after narrowly missing out on gold in a men’s team shooting competition on Monday, September 25.
Then, during the customary group photo, where all medal winners bunch together for the cameras, the bronze medalists, Indonesia, joined South Korea on the top rung of the podium, but the three North Koreans, Kwon Kwang-il, Pak Myong-won and Songjun Yu, did not. The podium drama at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre on the outskirts of the Eastern Chinese cit was the latest controversy involving the team from the long isolated country.happy for the North Korea flag to keep flying
The Hangzhou Asian Games is the first international multi-sport event North Korea is attending since the 2018 edition in Jakarta.
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