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Hong Kong's Jacqueline Wing Ying Siu celebrates after winning gold medal during dressage individual intermediate I freestyle equestrian at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Silver lining for young and old athletes at Asian Games

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

Bhutan: No medals yet in the Asian Games _ but still happy

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Sun celebrates Asian Games gold medal before flags fall

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

Asian Games: Something for everybody _ even contract bridge

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Combined Koreas players, right, wave to their supporters after defeating Indonesia in their women's basketball match at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Through hoops: Combined Koreas set tone for Asian Games

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

Ban Lifted: Kuwaitis compete under own flag at Asian Games

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Son Heung-min arrives in Indonesia for Asian Games

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FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2016, file photo, Japan's Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Aska Cambridge celebrate winning the silver medal in the men's 4 x 100-meter relay during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With the Tokyo Olympics less than two years away, Japanese athletes will be using the Asian Games to build confidence as they prepare to host the world on sport's biggest stage. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

With Tokyo 2020 looming, Japan aims high at Asian Games

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, poses with South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a photo inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. The war-separated rivals will take their reconciliation steps to the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, where they will jointly march in the opening ceremony and field combined teams in basketball, rowing and canoeing. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP. Pool, File)

Koreas extend conciliatory steps to Asian Games

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug 7, 2016, file photo, South Korean gymnast Lee Eun-ju, right, and her North Korean counterpart Hong Un Jong shake hands and smile together for photographers during the artistic gymnastics women's qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The photo captured global headlines, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach describes it as a &quot;great gesture.&quot; (Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP, File)

A look at North-South Korean sports ties

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Kim Yang Gon, left, North Korea’s ruling Workers Party secretary, talks with South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae during the closing ceremony for the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. Hwang, North Korea's presumptive No. 2, and other members of Pyongyang's inner circle met with South Korean officials Saturday in the rivals' highest level face-to-face talks in five years, a possible indication that both sides are interested in pursuing better ties after months of animosity. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Bae Jae-man) KOREA OUT

2 Koreas meet for highest level talks in 5 years

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday Aug. 13, 2004 file photo, South Korean volleyball player Ku Min-jing, right, and North Korean former basketball player Kim Seong Ho carry a unification flag symbolizing one Korea during the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. South Korean organizers for this year's Asian Games said Tuesday they've asked the International Olympic Committee to help bring North Korea to the quadrennial sports events. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Asian Games organizers ask IOC to bring in NKorea

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