Turning to the latest from Jakarta and Palembang.<br />South Korea picked up the pace at the 2018 Asian Games with five gold medals on Thursday, with two gymnasts leading the way.<br />The men's football team also kept their run going,... booking themselves a spot in the last eight with a convincing win over one of the tournament's favorites.<br />Kwon Jang-ho reports.<br /> <br /> On Thursday evening, South Korea's men's football team overcame a strong team,... beating Iran two-nil to advance to the quarterfinals. <br /> Hwang Ui-jo and Lee Seung-woo found the back of the net to seal the victory.<br />South Korea, the defending champions, will now face Uzbekistan in the last eight on Monday evening. <br /><br /> Moving on to the athletes grabbing golds on Day 5 of Games,... and a new golden generation of South Korean artistic gymnasts are making names for themselves on the world stage. <br /> Kim Han-sol and 16-year-old Yeo Seo-jeong each delivered a gold medal in their respective events. <br />Kim won the men's floor exercise title,… while Yeo captured the women's vault gold medal.<br />The golds hold extra importance for the future of artistic gymnastics in South Korea, following the 'no-gold' finish at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon. <br />Yeo's gold was also a significant one for her family.<br />Her father, Yeo Hong-chul, won gold medals in the men's vault at the 1994 and 1998 Asian Games.<br /><br /> On the final day of the taekwondo events, Lee Dae-hoon snagged the gold in the men's 68-kilogram event over his Iranian opponent. <br />He becomes the first athlete to win three straight taekwondo gold medals in Asian Games history. <br />Lee's gold was South Korea's last taekwondo medal at the 2018 Asian Games,… wrapping up its campaign with five golds, five silvers and two bronzes.<br /><br /> In fencing, the men's sabre team beat Iran by 13 points for South Korea's second straight Asian Games gold in the event. <br />And among the team, Gu Bon-gil, the individual champion from Monday, became the country's first double gold medalist in Jakarta.<br />The world number 1 ranked team brought home South Korea's fifth gold medal from fencing, with one more day of team competitions remaining on Friday. <br /><br /> Over in Palembang, the co-host city,... shooter Shin Hyun-woo fired his way gold in the men's double trap shooting event. <br /> It was South Korea's first gold in shooting at these games after three silver and two bronze medals.<br />Kwon Jang-ho, Arirang News. <br />
