SEOUL, South Korea — Images of Olympic table tennis players from North Korea and South Korea taking a selfie together on the medal podium in Paris went viral in South Korea Wednesday, hailed as a rare show of cross-border unity.
Nuclear-armed North Korea declared the South its principal enemy earlier this year and tensions between the two countries are at one of their highest points in years.But after South Korea won bronze and North Korea silver in the mixed doubles behind China, South Korea 's Lim Jong-hoon took a group photo after the medal ceremony.
Bronze medalists South Korea's Lim Jonghoon takes a selfie picture with his mobile as he celebrates on the podium with : gold medalists China's Wang Chuqin and China's Sun Yingsha , silver medalists North Korea's Ri Jong Sik , and North Korea's Kim Kum Yong and bronze medallist and teammate South Korea's Shin Yubin at the end of their mixed table tennis doubles competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the South Paris Arena in Paris on July 30, 2024.
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