HANGZHOU(Yonhap) Marking its return to international multisport competition after a five-year absence, North Korea dominated in weightlifting at the 19th Asian Games in China. Athletes and officials from the reclusive regime also generated headlines away from the field of play in and around Hangzhou. North Korea had been absent from the past two major international sports competitions. It skipped the Tokyo Summer .
North Korea captures its first three gold medals of the Asian Games in China's Hangzhou, with gymnast An Chang Ok taking two and the other clinched in the women's team 10-meter running target range shooting.