Kim is the third shooter from North Korea to clinch an Olympic medal.
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“In 2012, the North Korean team walked away with four golds from the Olympics in London, and received a hero’s welcome in Pyongyang upon their return, triggering an energetic domestic sports-related public relations campaign”, Green writes in an e-mail.
South Korean shooter Jin Jong-oh shows his gold medal from the men’s 50m pistol at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in this photo taken on August 10, 2016.
Lee, 17, was competing in her first games but Hong, 27, is a veteran.
Un-jong won gold for North Korea at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, while Eun-ju is attending her first Olympic games for South Korea.
IOC President Thomas Bach described the Koreans’ selfie as a “great gesture”.
Rio de Janeiro: Jin Jong-Oh, whose bespoke red gun’s design was inspired by Formula One legend Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari, made Olympic history in Rio on Wednesday by defending his men’s 50m pistol title.
North Korean Kim Song Guk took bronze.
Mike Covell added: ‘North Korea meets South Korea and they smile and take a selfie.
“I told myself don’t give up, don’t give up”.
The two Koreas remain technically at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended on an armistice rather than a peace treaty.
South Korea requires its citizens engaged in spontaneous interaction with North Koreans during foreign travels to submit reports about the meeting within a week.
Previously, North Korean weightlifters Om Yun Chol and Choe Hyo Sim won silver in the Men’s 56kg weightlifting event on Sunday and the Women’s 63kg event on Tuesday, respectively. It is unclear if the gymnasts’ interaction was seen in the North, an authoritarian state with extremely limited press freedom and where access to outside media is usually blocked.
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In 2014 a high level North Korean delegation visit to the Asian Games held in South Korea ended in some informal talks.
