The 2018 Asian Games will open on Saturday in Indonesia for the first time in 56 years.

South and North Korean athletes will march together at the opening ceremony, as they did during the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games earlier in February.

South Korea aims to win over 65 gold medals to finish second in the medal standings for the sixth consecutive time. More than one-thousand Korean athletes will compete in 39 events.  

Meanwhile, South and North Korea have formed unified teams in canoeing, rowing and women's basketball. 

The 2018 Asian Games will take place in Jakarta and Palembang through September second, with some eleven-thousand-300 athletes from 45 Asian nations competing in about 40 events.