
Monday, December 21, 1998
Korb Kun Thailand, for the hospitality
It was a ceremony fit for royalty, a ceremony of pure visual delight. The Thais spared nothing to make the closing ceremony of the 13th Asian Games as memorable and emotional.

Bong-Ju clinches Games' last gold
South Korea's Lee Bong-Ju, who shot into prominence with a brilliant performance at the Rotterdam Marathon -- in which he clocked 2:07.44 -- this April, re-established his position as Asia's premier marathon runner.

IOC probe by Jan 23
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch has called for a changed voting procedure for future Olympic host cities and also said the investigation report on recent bribery accusations will be ready by January 23.

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