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Combined Koreas set the tone at Asian Games

ONE win into the Asian Games and the bigger picture is already clear for the combined Koreas basketball team.

Three North Korean players, including top-scorer Ro Suk Yong, and nine South Koreans combined for a 108-40 win over host Indonesia on the opening night of the women’s basketball preliminaries.

North Korea Olympic committee vice chair Won Kul U was asked about the combined basketball squad during his delegation’s welcoming ceremony in Jakarta yesterday.

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