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Article: South Korea outclass DPR Korea in eye-catching men's table tennis team
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 3, 2002
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South Korea outclass DPR Korea in eye-catching men's table tennis
teamULSAN, South Korea, Oct.3 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean men's
team overcame their northern compatriots from the DPR Korea in an
eye-catching encounter in a preliminary group match of the 14th
Asiad table tennis competition here on Thursday.
This was not the first encounter of the two teams in major games,
but the match assumed significance as it was the first time for
players from the northern part of the Korean Peninsula to play in
international games hosted on the southern soil.
The match was intense but the atmosphere on court was quite
friendly.
The 2,000-strong South Korean audience in the Dongcheon ...