- Title: Hand in hand, joint Korean rowing team trains for Asian Games
- Date: 31st July 2018
- Summary: CHUNGJU, SOUTH KOREA (JULY 31, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** MEMBERS OF JOINT NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAN ROWING TEAM CARRYING ROWING BOAT TOWARDS CHUNGJU TANGEUM LAKE ROWERS PUTTING ROWING BOAT ON LAKE ROWERS WALKING TOWARDS LAKE HOLDING HANDS NORTH KOREAN ROWERS WALKING ON JETTY NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAN ROWERS ON BOAT AND PUSHING OFF FROM JETTY TEAM STARTING TO ROW A SOUTH KOREAN AND NORTH KOREAN ROWER ON ANOTHER BOAT VARIOUS OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS STANDING ON JETTY VARIOUS OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAN ROWERS ROWING ON LAKE CHUNGJU TANGEUM LAKE SOUTH KOREAN MINISTER OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM DO JONG-HWAN AND NORTH KOREAN SECRETARY GENERAL OF OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAN HO CHOL TALKING BADGE ON HAN'S SHIRT SHOWING PORTRAIT OF NORTH KOREAN FOUNDER KIM IL SUNG (LEFT) AND LATE LEADER KIM JONG IL (RIGHT) HAN AND NORTH KOREAN OFFICIAL TALKING NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAN ROWING PLAYERS CLAPPING / NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS STANDING (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SOUTH KOREAN MINISTER OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM, DO JONG-HWAN, SAYING: "I believe that people will be touched by you guys combining forces and cooperating in the Games. We should all be like you guys. South and North Korea should be the same (as you). (We) should work towards a common goal, holding hands together in union. That is the way to reach peace and reunification." ROWERS CLAPPING NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAN ROWERS TALKING NORTH KOREAN FLAG ON UNIFORM / NORTH KOREAN ROWING PLAYER LOOKING ON NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS AND ROWERS POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH
- Embargoed: 14th August 2018 10:46
- Keywords: rowing at the Asian Games Indonesia Asian Games rowing North Korea Jakarta joint team rowing team South Korea inter-Korea Korean rowing team Palembang
- Location: CHUNGJU, SOUTH KOREA
- City: CHUNGJU, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Canoeing,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0018R2VNT1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A joint Korean rowing team took part in a training session at Chungju Tangeum Lake International Rowing Centre in the South on Tuesday (July 31) ahead of the 2018 Asian Games.
The two Koreas will compete as a unified team in six events at the Games in August and September, including three rowing events, men's and women's dragon boat racing, which is one of the canoe disciplines, and women's basketball, according to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
A North Korean delegation including 30 athletes from all three sports arrived in South Korea on Sunday (July 29) to train ahead of the Games, Seoul's Unification Ministry said.
The unified team comes amid warming ties between the two Koreas and as relations between Pyongyang and Washington also improve after tensions last year over the North's nuclear and missile programs. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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