North Korea at the 2018 Asian Games

Korea DPR participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Korea DPR made its first appearance at the Asian Games in 1974 Tehran, and ranked at the top five in 1974, 1978, 1982, and 1990. At the latest games in Incheon, North Korea had collected 36 medals, and standing at the seventh position in medals tally.

Medalists
The following North Korea competitors won medals at the Games.


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Competitors
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing North Korea that participated at the Games:

Archery

 * Recurve

Artistic swimming
RR: Reserved in technical and free routines.

Athletics
North Korea entered eight athletes (3 men's and 5 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.

Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's marathon

Boxing

 * Men


 * Women

Sprint
Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Diving

 * Men


 * Women

Football
North Korea men's team were drawn in Group F at the Games, while the women's team in Group B. North Korea women's team were the champion in the last edition in Incheon.


 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group F


 * Round of 16


 * Quarter-final

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group B


 * Quarter-final

Handball
North Korea joined in group A at the women's team event.

Key:
 * Summary
 * ET – After extra time
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Ho Ryu-gyong
 * O Kyong-sun
 * Choe Chun-il
 * Kil Mi-hyang
 * An Ok-sim
 * Han Jong-hyang
 * Jang Ok-hyang
 * Kim Jong-hui
 * Mun Un-suk
 * Mun Hong-sim
 * Kim Chol-sun
 * Kim Un-gyong
 * Han Chun-yon
 * Choe Pong-im


 * Group A


 * 5–8th place semifinal


 * Fifth place game

Judo
North Korea put up 8 athletes for Judo:

Key:
 * 1st number — Ippon
 * 2nd number — Waza-ari
 * s — Shido
 * Men


 * Women

Karate
North Korea participated in the karate competition at the Games with three athletes (1 men and 2 women's).

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed team

Swimming

 * Women

Table tennis

 * Individual


 * Team

Weightlifting
North Korea is aiming to win seven to eight gold medals from their weightlifters.


 * Men


 * Women

Wrestling
North Korea represented by 8 strong wrestlers at the Games. This sport contributing 5 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze) for the contingent. The gold medals won by the women's wrestler Pak Yong-mi and Jong Myong-suk.

Key:
 * F – Victory by fall.
 * PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
 * PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
 * ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.


 * Men's freestyle


 * Men's Greco-Roman


 * Women's freestyle