The country's leading bowler Kang Hee-won on Tuesday won another gold medal at the fourth East Asian Games in Macau.

Kang and teammate Choi Jong-in beat a Japanese team a day after Kang won his first gold in the men's individual competition.

South Korea has won four golds, six silvers and eight bronzes for third in the medal standings after China with 35 golds and host Macau.

North Korea's Paek Hyang-ok added a bronze in the women's 10,000 meters as the North's tally hit one gold, three silvers and three bronzes.

Held every four years, the nine-day competition began Saturday.