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HANGZHOU, China (AP) — South Korea’s men defeated Japan 2-1 to take soccer gold at the Asian Games on Saturday and also collected the much bigger prize of military exemption. All male gold-medal winners at the Games are, by South Korean law, granted exemptions from the 18 to 21 months …

HANGZHOU, China, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Japan successfully defended their women’s Asian Games soccer gold medal on Friday as second-half goals from Haruka Osawa, Momoko Tanikawa and Remina Chiba sealed a 4-1 win over North Korea. Despite being loudly backed by the majority of the 36,166 crowd, the North Koreans …