Riding a wave of recent success, the Korean national shooting team will take aim at bringing home five gold medals from the upcoming Asian Games in Japan, the squad's head coach said Monday. Chang Kap-seok, in charge of the shooting delegation, unveiled his team's goal during the media day at the Jincheon National Team Training Center in Jincheon, some 85 kilometers south of Seoul. Chang oversaw Korea's unexpected surge at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where the country captured three gold medals and six medals overall, both of them the second-highest total behind China. At the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Korea captured 14 medals, ranking third behind China and India. "We will try to make our country proud," Chang said. "Our objective is to win five gold medals, nine silver medals and five bronze medals. We will demonstrate once again how far Korean shooting has come along." This year's Asian Games will be hosted by Nagoya, Japan, plus its surrounding cities. The shooting competition starts on Sept. 20, the day after the opening ceremony, and will conclude on Oct. 1. Korea will send a