Korea DPR participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Korea DPR made its first appearance at the Asian Games in 1974 Tehran, and ranked at the top five in 1974, 1978, 1982, and 1990. At the latest games in Incheon, North Korea had collected 36 medals, and standing at the seventh position in medals tally.

Medalists

The following North Korea competitors won medals at the Games.

| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Ri Song-gum Weightlifting Women's 48 kg 20 August Om Yun-chol Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 20 August Pak Yong-mi Wrestling Women's freestyle 53 kg 20 August Jong Myong-suk Wrestling Women's freestyle 57 kg 20 August O Kang-chol Weightlifting Men's 69 kg 22 August Choe Jon-wi Weightlifting Men's 77 kg 23 August Kim Hyo-sim Weightlifting Women's 63 kg 24 August Kim Su-jong Gymnastics Women's floor 24 August Pak Myong-won Shooting Men's 10 metre running target mixed 25 August Rim Un-sim Weightlifting Women's 69 kg 25 August Rim Jong-sim Weightlifting Women's 75 kg 26 August Kim Kuk-hyang Weightlifting Women's +75 kg 27 August Kang Kum-song Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 19 August Jon Jang-miJong Un-gyongKim Su-jongKim Won-yongPyon Rye-yong Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 22 August Choe Hyo-sim Weightlifting Women's 63 kg 24 August Pak Myong-won Shooting Men's 10 metre running target 24 August Kim Su-jong Gymnastics Women's balance beam 24 August Pak Yong-wonKang Un-ju Archery Mixed team recurve 27 August Cha Hyo-simChoe Hyon-hwaKim Nam-haeKim Song-iPyon Song-gyong Table tennis Women's team 28 August Kim Kuk-hyangKim Mi-rae Diving Women's synchronized 10 metre platform 28 August Kim Jin-a Judo Women's 57 kg 30 August Jo Hyo-nam Boxing Men's 56 kg 1 September Pang Chol-mi Boxing Women's 51 kg 1 September Jo Son-hwa Boxing Women's 57 kg 1 September Kim Son-hyang Wrestling Women's freestyle 50 kg 20 August Rim Jong-sim Wrestling Women's freestyle 62 kg 20 August Kim Su-jong Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around 21 August Pyon Rye-yong Gymnastics Women's vault 23 August Jon Jang-mi Gymnastics Women's uneven bars 23 August Jon Myong-song Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 24 August Cha Ye-gyongJang Hyon-okJong Na-riKo Su-rimMin Hae-yonMun Hye-songRi Il-simRi SolYun Yu-jong Artistic swimming Women's team 29 August Rim Song-sim Judo Women's 52 kg 29 August Kim Kwang-huiKim Mi-hwa Diving Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard 29 August Hyon Il-myongRim Kum-song Diving Men's synchronized 10 metre platform 29 August Kim Mi-rae Diving Women's 10 metre platform 30 August Choi Hye-song Boxing Women's 60 kg 1 September | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|

Medals by sportSport TotalArchery0101Artistic swimming0011Athletics0000Boxing0314Diving0134Gymnastics1236Judo0112Shooting1102Table tennis0101Weightlifting81110Wrestling2125Total 12 12 1337

Medals by dayDayDate Total1August 19 0 1 012August 20 4 0 263August 21 0 0 114August 22 1 1 025August 23 1 0 236August 24 2 3 167August 25 2 0 028August 26 1 0 129August 27 1 1 0210August 28 0 2 0211August 29 0 0 4412August 30 0 1 1213August 31 0 0 0014September 1 0 3 1415September 2 0 0 00Total 12 12 1337

Competitors The following is a list of the number of competitors representing North Korea that participated at the Games:

Sport Men Women TotalArchery 3 4 7Artistic swimming — 9 9Athletics 3 5 8Boxing 5 3 8Canoeing 0 3 3Diving 2 4 6Football 20 20 40Gymnastics 6 9 15Handball 0 14 14Judo 3 5 8Karate 1 2 3Shooting 5 4 9Soft tennis 2 2 4Swimming 0 2 2Table tennis 5 5 10Weightlifting 6 7 13Wrestling 4 4 8 Total 65 102 167

+As competitors representing the unified KoreaSportMenWomenTotalBasketball 0 3 3Canoeing 8 8 16Rowing 6 1 7 Total 14 12 26

Archery

Recurve AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKim Kuk-songMen's individual61857did not advancePak Yong-won64322W 6–0L 3–7did not advanceRi Tae-bom62234L 3–7did not advanceKim Kuk-songPak Yong-wonRi Tae-bomMen's team188315W 6–0L 3–5did not advanceKang Jin-hwaWomen's individual61638did not advanceKang Un-ju65012L 3–7did not advancePak Hyang-sun62133did not advanceRi Ji-hyang63419L 2–6did not advanceKang Un-juPak Hyang-sunRi Ji-hyangWomen's team19058colspan=2W 5–3L 0–6did not advancePak Yong-wonKang Un-juMixed team129310W 6–0W 5–3W 5–4W 6–2L 0–6

Artistic swimming

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routineTotalRankPointsRankPointsRankMin Hae-yonJang Hyon-okDuet82.8094483.80004166.60944Jang Hyon-okJong Na-riKo Su-rimMin Hae-yonMun Hye-songRi Il-simRi SolYun Yu-jongCha Ye-gyongRRTeam84.5142386.33333170.8475 RR: Reserved in technical and free routines.

Athletics

North Korea entered eight athletes (3 men's and 5 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.

Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's marathon

Boxing

Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultKim Jang-ryong–49 kgW 3–2L 0–5did not advanceO Tae-bom–52 kgW 5–0W 5–0L 0–5did not advanceJo Hyo-nam–56 kgW 5–0W 4–0WOL RSC-IChoe Choi-man–60 kgL 0–5did not advanceRi Kon-thae–64 kgW 5–0L 0–5did not advance

Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultPang Chol-mi–51 kgW 4–1W 5–0W W 4–0L 2–3Jo Son-hwa–57 kgW 5–0W 5–0WOL 1–4Choe Hye-song–60 kgW 5–0W 5–0L 0–5Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKo Haeng-bokWomen's C-1 200 m51.1452 QFcolspan=2 49.3054O Un-haO Su-rimWomen's C-2 500 mcolspan=4 2:09.6425 Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Diving

Men AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankHyon Il-myong10 m platform433.405 Q451.405Rim Kum-song376.708 Q399.156Hyon Il-myongRim Kum-song10 m synchronized platformcolspan=2 395.04

Women AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankKim Kwang-hui1 m springboard243.905 Q197.1010Kim Mi-hwa220.858 Q226.057Kim Kuk-hyang10 m platform341.353 Q367.454Kim Mi-rae324.154 Q367.90Kim Kwang-huiKim Mi-hwa3 m synchronized springboardcolspan=2 282.78Kim Kuk-hyangKim Mi-rae10 m synchronized platformcolspan=2 337.86

Football

North Korea men's team were drawn in Group F at the Games, while the women's team in Group B. North Korea women's team were the champion in the last edition in Incheon.

Summary TeamEventGroup StageRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNorth Korea men'sMen's tournamentD 1–1L 0–3W 3–02 QW 3–1L 1–1 PSO 3–5did not advance7North Korea women'sWomen's tournamentW 16–0W 7–0L 0–22 QL 1–2did not advance6

Men's tournament

Roster

Group F

Round of 16

Quarter-final

Women's tournament

Roster

Group B

Quarter-final

Gymnastics

Handball

North Korea joined in group A at the women's team event.

Summary

TeamEventPreliminaryStandingSemifinals / Final / / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNorth Korea women'sWomen's tournamentGroup A: L 22–39: W 37–33: W 49–19: L 31–343W 59–15W 32–305

Women's tournament

Roster

Ho Ryu-gyong O Kyong-sun Choe Chun-il Kil Mi-hyang An Ok-sim Han Jong-hyang Jang Ok-hyang Kim Jong-hui Mun Un-suk Mun Hong-sim Kim Chol-sun Kim Un-gyong Han Chun-yon Choe Pong-im

Group A

5–8th place semifinal

Fifth place game

Judo

North Korea put up 8 athletes for Judo:

Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultAn Jae-yong–60 kgW 10s2–00s2W 10s2–00s3L 00s1–01L 00s3–10s1–Kim Hyong-un–66 kgW 10–00W 10s2–00s2L 00s1–01s2Did not advanceL 00s3–10s2did not advanceKim Chol-gwang–73 kgW 10–00s1W 10–00s1L 00s1–10Did not advanceW 01s2–00s1L 00–10–

Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultJon Yu-sun–48 kgW 10–01L 00s1–01Did not advanceW 10–00L 01–10–Rim Song-sim–52 kgW 11–00s3W 10–00L 00–10W 01s1–00s2Kim Jin-a–57 kgW 10–00s1W 10s2–00s2W 01–00L 01–10Ri Pok-hyang–63 kgL 00s2–01s2did not advanceKwon Sun-yong–70 kgW 01–00L 00–01Did not advanceL 00s1–01did not advance

Karate

North Korea participated in the karate competition at the Games with three athletes (1 men and 2 women's).

Shooting

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankKim Song-guk10 m air pistol57513did not advanceRyong Song-gang10 m air rifle606.738did not advanceKwon Kwang-il10 m running target5677did not advancePak Myong-won5731 Q: W 7–5: L 4–6Jo Yong-chol10 m running target mixedcolspan=2 3757Pak Myong-woncolspan=2 384

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankHan Yong-sim10 m air pistol55629did not advanceRi Un-gyong10 m air rifle607.136did not advanceKim Yong-bokTrap10521did not advancePak Yong-hui11210did not advance

Mixed team AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankKim Song-gukHan Yong-sim10 m air pistol75115did not advanceRyong Song-gangRi Un-gyong10 m air rifle809.718did not advance

Soft tennis

AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankRi Chung-ilMen's singlesW 4–2W 4–31 QL 2–4did not advanceSo Je-ilW 4–1W 4–31 QL 1–4did not advanceHong Ji-sunWomen's singlesL 1–4W 4–0W 4–02did not advanceKim Mi-hyangW 4–0W 4–31 QL 3–4did not advanceKim Mi-hyangSo Je-ilMixed doublesW 5–0W 5–2W 5–21 QL 1–5did not advanceRi Chung-ilHong Ji-sunWOL 0R–53did not advance

Swimming

Women AthleteEventHeatsFinalTimeRankTimeRankJang Myong-gyong50 m breaststroke34.9519did not advancePak Mi-song50 m freestyle27.0716did not advance

Table tennis

Individual AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChoe IlMen's singlesW 4–1L 1–4did not advancePak Sin-hyokW 4–2L 2–4did not advanceCha Hyo-simWomen's singlesW 4–0L 1–4did not advanceKim Song-iW 4–0L 3–4did not advanceAn Ji-songCha Hyo-simMixed doublesWOW 3–0L 2–3did not advancePak Sin-hyokKim Nam-haeW 3–0L 0–3did not advance

Team AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPak Sin-hyokChoe IlAn Ji-songHam Yu-songRi Kwang-myongMen'sW 3–0L 0–3W 3–0W 3–02 QL 2–3did not advanceKim Song-iCha Hyo-simChoe Hyon-hwaKim Nam-haePyon Song-gyongWomen'sW 3–0W 3–2W 3–11 QW 3–1W 3–0L 0–3

Weightlifting

North Korea is aiming to win seven to eight gold medals from their weightlifters.

Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankOm Yun-chol−56 kg12721601287Sin Chol-bom−62 kg130516822984O Kang-chol−69 kg15111862336Kim Myong-hyok150————Choe Jon-wi−77 kg15521931348Jon Myong-song−85 kg15831904348

Women AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankRi Song-gum−48 kg8721121199Kim Chung-sim−53 kg88511242004Kim Hyo-sim−63 kg11311371250Choe Hyo-sim10521332238Rim Un-sim−69 kg10911371246Rim Jong-sim−75 kg11611471263Kim Kuk-hyang+75 kg12611651291

Wrestling

North Korea represented by 8 strong wrestlers at the Games. This sport contributing 5 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze) for the contingent. The gold medals won by the women's wrestler Pak Yong-mi and Jong Myong-suk.

Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKang Kum-song−57 kgW 9–5W 3–1W 10–0colspan=2 L 2–8Kim Kuk-gwang −65 kgW 10–0L 3–4did not advance10