(Asian Games) North's Chef De Mission Hopes Koreas Can Form Joint Teams In More Sports

North Korea's vice sports minister said Thursday that the Koreas should form joint teams in more sports if they can

JAKARATA (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Aug, 2018 ) :North Korea's vice sports minister said Thursday that the Koreas should form joint teams in more sports if they can.

Won Kil-u made the remarks after the team welcoming ceremony at the athletes' village for North Koreans competing at the Asian Games in Jakarta. Won is also the chef de mission for the North Korean team.

The two Koreas will compete together as one team in women's basketball, dragon boat racing in canoeing and rowing at the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, but Won said that they should assemble many more united teams in other sports.

"Isn't it good to have a joint team?" Won said in reply to a question on women's basketball.

"I think we should have more unified teams in other sports." Won added that he talked with an official from the South's Korean Olympic & Sport Committee Thursday morning about having unified Korea teams in other sports.

One North Korean official later added that the two Koreas are currently discussing sending a joint handball team to the world championships.

Won said the Koreas should display "united power" at the Asian Games.

"I hope our Korean people can have a big achievement at the Asian Games," he said. "Let's show the united power of the North and the South."