Tag: KIM Hyok Bong

  • North Korea has become the 2014 Asian Games Mixed Doubles Champions in an emotional final

    Incheon, Oct 3, 2014: The North Korea pair of KIM Hyok Bong & KIM Jong who are the reigning Mixed Doubles World Champions, outclassed their Hong Kong opponents of JIANG Tianyi and LEE Ho Ching 12-10, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6 to add the Asian Games gold to their World Championships gold. The right and left…

  • Superstar ZHANG Jike Heads LIEBHERR 2013

    Lausanne, Sept 14, 2013: The 20 players invited to compete in the LIEBHERR 2013 ITTF Men’s World Cup, to be held in Verviers, Belgium on 25-27 September 2013, has been announced by the International Table Tennis Federation. The world’s best male Table Tennis players representing each continent battled through qualification for the past 5 months…

  • DPR Korea Wins a Historic Mixed Doubles

    DPR Korea Wins a Historic Mixed Doubles

    Paris – France, May 18, 2013: DPR Korea has broken China’s 19-year stranglehold on the mixed doubles title at the World Championships, by beating the Korean Republic in a historic match during the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships. The DPR Korean pair of KIM Hyok Bong & KIM Jong were too good for Korean…

  • DPR Korea & Korea Republic Break Barriers with Table Tennis

    DPR Korea & Korea Republic Break Barriers with Table Tennis

    Paris – France, May 17, 2013: Their countries may not always see eye to eye, but today at the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, France, the sport of Table Tennis brought DPR Korea and Korea Republic together in total harmony. Both countries left the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy with one victory each.…