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Taegeukgi is hoisted in Pyoungyang ... Where was the North Korean flag hoisted first?
On the 14th September, news about the Taegeukgi being hoisted and the Korean national anthem being sung for the first time in North Korea drew attention.
On this day, Woo-Shik Kim and Young-Gyun Lee won first and second place together in Weight lifting Boys' 85kg Title Championship in the 2013 Asian Cup and Asia Club in the Ryugyong Chung Ju-yung Gymnasium.
Then where was the North Korean flag hoisted officially for the first time in South Korea?
It was Pukyong National University eleven years ago.
It was at the Weight lifting Championship of the 14th Busan Asian Games 2002 in the Gymnasium of Daeyeon campus of Pukyong Natioanl University.
Rhee sung hee, who was a big sports star of North Korea, got the gold medal for Weight lifting Girls' 53kg Title Championship of the Asian Games, setting a new world record when she was 23.
In the ceremony of the games, the North Korean flag appeared. The North Korean female cheering squad shook the small flags with their hands in the stands of Pukyong National University's gymnasium. The squad, which was made up of 280 people, visited Korea through Dadaepo harbour with Mangyongbong-92 on 29th September of that year.
The first time when the North Korean flag was hoisted on our side was on the 25th September of that year because Pukyong National University's gymnasium hoisted all of the participating countries' flags on outdoor flagpoles as it had been selected weight lifting stadium.
The 2002 Busan Asian Games was the event where 44 countries, which were all OCA member countries, attended and solidified the harmony of Asia.
At that time, the participation of North Korea was a big issue to the public. News programs announced about the cheering squad continually, and people cheered for the North Korean teams. <Pukyong Today>
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