Curtain comes down on 2018 Asian Games with closing ceremony

2018 아시안게임 성황리에 폐막, 항저우에서 다시 만나요
After more than two weeks of sporting action featuring the best athletes from across the continent,... the curtain came down on the 18th Asian Games on Sunday with a glittering closing ceremony.
South Korea finished with 49 golds to rank third in medal table behind China and Japan.
That's 16 short of the country's target, but there were still plenty of reasons to celebrate.
Won Jung-hwan reports.
For the past 16 days,.... Jakarta and Palembang, the co-host cities of the 2018 Asian Games, hosted more than eleven-thousand athletes from 45 nations competing for 465 gold medals in 40 sports.
On Sunday,... the Games came to a triumphant close in Jakarta.
If the opening ceremony wowed the audience for the richness of Indonesia's heritage,… the closing ceremony was more modest in scale, but extravagant in its liveliness.
It was a celebration of athletes from different countries that highlighted the culture of not just Indonesia but other Asian nations as well.
Bonding the nations together was the power of music.
K-pop superstars iKON and Super Junior took to the stage, turning the evening into a spectacular concert that was well received by the crowd.
But before the singers stole the show, some of the athletes came out to say goodbye to fans in Indonesia and thank them for their support.
While there wasn't a formal parade of athletes at the closing ceremony,… the two Koreas marched in together just like they did at the opening ceremony.
The two flag bearers, South Korean Suh Hyo-won and North Korean Choe Il of the North, came in hand-in-hand to big cheers.
South and North Korea competed as one in three sports -- canoeing, rowing and women's basketball.
And they far outstripped expectations,... winning four medals, including a gold in women's dragon boat racing and a silver in women's basketball.
Sending a congratulatory message to Indonesia for successfully hosting the Asian Games,… South Korean President Moon Jae-in highlighted the performances by the joint Korean teams.
He said he believes the deep sound of Arirang, Korea's most popular folk song, will bring the two together again.
As the curtain came down in Jakarta,... athletes will start preparing for the next Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2022.
It will be the third Chinese city to host the competition, after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.
Won Jung-hwan, Arirang News.
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[@grandonkerz]

thanks to Indonesia for delivering the energy of Asia, it was a successful AG, congrats to united Korea..peace is better than war..can't wait to see AG in Hangzhou..let's keep the energy of Asia alive! =)

[@AttitudeDomain]

Congrats for all champion, and proud to indonesia for outstanding successfully hosting AG 2018. See u all again at Hangzhou AG 2022

[@eVANDOpriyanto]

Hangzhou, not Guangzhou

[@AttitudeDomain]

Andreas Evando Priyanto edited, thanks for correction.

[@abhiramaren]

Thank you Asia. Don’t forget to come and support your athletes at the 2018 Asian Para Games on October 6-13 in Jakarta🙏

[@mhendrocahyono]

감사합니다, United Korea. Looking forward to see you all again in Indonesia.

[@hrishikeshlaskar6950]

Nice games. Good performance by my india for my delight in asian games

[@intanQueenita]

Indonesian like india songs started from 20 years ago, from famous indian film kuch kuch hota hai. And dil to pagal hai.
Sory about my english. 😊

[@dodisetiawan9162]

You've been doing very great Korea... warm greeting from Indonesia...

[@sugengriyadi1903]

The best top Indonesia amazing Indonesia oke

[@cherylnaomi4172]

So proud ❤️🇲🇨

[@sario9829]

Watashi wa nihonjin sugoii des ne

[@simars4284]

mending china buka pesta olahraga sendiri yg diikuti 4 negara pecahannya.

[@wikitora99]

Si Mars awkwkw ngakak gua.. Iya juga ya 😂 btw itu bukan negara pecahan.. Mereka (taiwan, hongkong, macau) cuma dikasih hak otonomi khusus dari china, mereka bisa dibilang sbg negara bagian atau negara didalam negara yg masih dibawah kendali china tapi dgn sistem pemerintahannya sendiri

[@lechiagdanskindonezji788]

Vietnam masuk gak?

[@adityamulya9963]

@@wikitora99 intinya beda jajahan dulu bangsa eropaa sebenerna itu china

[@nonom9661]

kalian2 ini pada nyampah di channel luar kaga tau malu yah..ga di channel indo dimana2 netizen indonesia pada emmbeerrr semua

[@princesselena16]

@@adityamulya9963 iyaa bener, what a shame!!

[@GeoSeoKwan]

China menang terus Asian Games terasa membosankan

[@arifmakruf4071]

china emg levelnya udh olimpiade,lawannya udh amerika inggris brazil

[@lennyhardi3760]

Lain x kl ada asian games, jgn diksh taulah hrsmya, spy mrk ga bs ikut ya...

[@andreas2042]

+Lenny Hardi
Alasan macam apa itu ? Emang kayak orang mau janjian ketemu

[@notokbutitsok4906]

Amerika menang olimpiade trus terasa membosankan,kalo pemikiran lu begitu mati aja kontol

[@GeoSeoKwan]

Lu biasa aja gan cuma bilang membosankan pke bilang alat kelamin segala jangan ngegas dong.....

[@dusitthehtoe2561]

Wow plastic surgery win

[@nisya9350]

typical toxic comment

[@lilismaelani6070]

Dumbbb

[@Alexallray]

Stupid people

[@taeyeonkim3626]

Rude

[@daydayuu]

i'm proud with Indonesia's achievement in this AG but think again, Korea finished 3rd and we're 4th, so you're saying that we're defeated by plastic? how embarrassing must that be, don't you think?