(LEAD) All 4 S. Korean junior weightlifters win medals in competition in N. Korea
2013/09/15 15:36
(ATTN: UPDATES with NK television showing S. Korean flag in last 2 paras)
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- All four junior weightlifters from South Korea have won medals in an international competition underway in North Korea, leading to the South Korean flag and anthem being raised and played in the communist nation for the first time.
Kwon Ye-bin won bronze in the women's junior 69 kilogram event at the Asian Cup and Interclub Weightlifting Championship on Friday, becoming the first South Korean athlete to raise the country's national flag in the North, according to the Korea Weightlifting Federation in the South.


