Classic show: Dancers perform during the opening ceremony for the 18th Asian Games in the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium yesterday. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star
North and South Korea marched together in a stirring display of unity as the Asian Games, one of the world’s biggest sports events, opened in a blaze of colour.
South Korean women’s basketball player Lim Yung-hui and North Korean footballer Ju Kyong-chol jointly held the Korean Unification flag aloft as they led the athletes out to an ovation from the packed crowd yesterday.
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