North Korea won its first medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil on Sunday, held in Rio, Brazil, the official website of the 2016 games revealed.
North Korean athlete Om Yun Chol won a silver medal in the men’s 56kg weightlifting event, placing second in the event after Long Qingquan of China.
North Korea won its first medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil on Sunday, held in Rio, Brazil, the official website of the 2016 games revealed.
North Korean athlete Om Yun Chol won a silver medal in the men’s 56kg weightlifting event, placing second in the event after Long Qingquan of China.
John G. Grisafi is an analyst and Korean linguist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Having previously worked as an analyst for the United States Army in South Korea and studied Korean at the Defense Language Institute, he is now majoring in East Asian Languages & Civilization and History at the University of Pennsylvania.
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