North-South Korea Olympic podium selfie goes viral


Bronze medalist South Korea's Lim Jonghoon (right) takes a selfie picture with his mobile as he celebrates on the podium with gold medalists China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, silver medalists North Korea's Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong and bronze medalist and teammate South Korea's Shin Yubin at the end of their mixed table tennis doubles competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the South Paris Arena in Paris. — AFP

SEOUL: Images of Olympic table tennis players from North Korea and South Korea taking a selfie together on the medal podium in Paris went viral in South Korea on July 31, hailed as a rare show of cross-border unity.

Nuclear-armed North Korea declared the South its principal enemy earlier this year and tensions between the two countries are at one of their highest points in years.

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