The South Korean women's curling team, which participated in the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games and won the championship, is confirmed to enter the semifinals. On the 12th, the South Korean women's curling team, composed of Kim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Xue Ye-ji, Xue Ye-eun, and Kim so-ji, defeated the Kazakhstan team 8-2 in the sixth round of the women's preliminary round held at the Curling Arena in Pingfang District, Harbin. So far, the South Korean women's curling team, which ranks first in the preliminary round with 6 consecutive wins, has locked a place in the semifinals.

On the 9th, in the match between the Korean team and the Japanese team in the women's curling round-robin match of the Asian Winter Games, South Korean players Kim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Kim so-ji, and Xue Ye-eun were talking

A total of 9 countries (regions) will participate in the women's curling group of this competition, and after a round-robin match, the top 4 teams will enter the semi-finals. The 1st and 4th, 2nd and 3rd places in the round-robin will compete for a ticket to the finals. Since 2007, the Korean women's curling team, which has won the gold medal in this event for the first time in 18 years, has set a goal of winning all eight matches and passing the preliminary round.

In this game, the Korean women's curling team scored 2 points in the first game, started easily, and scored 3 points in the third game, achieving a big score. South Korea scored 2 and 1 points in the 5th and 6th games to win 8-2.

If the South Korean team, which has already been confirmed to reach the semifinals, wins the 7th match against the Philippines at 8 p.m. on the same day, regardless of the result of the last match against Qatar held on the 13th, the title of first place in the preliminary round will be determined.

The medal table of the 2025 Asian Winter Games, as of 14 pm on February 12

The South Korean men's curling team composed of Lee Jae-beom, Kim Hyo-jun, Kim Eun-bin, Jung Jung-min and Kim Jin-hoon defeated the Kazakhstan team 12-2 on the 11th and directly entered the semifinals as the first place in Group A of the preliminary round.

The competition for the second place in the medal table of this year's Asian Winter Games is also becoming clearer. As of the 11th, South Korea, which ranked second with 12 golds, 12 silvers and 11 bronzes, opened the gap with the third place Japan (5 golds, 6 silvers and 10 bronzes) and the fourth Kazakhstan (3 golds, 6 silvers and 4 bronzes) with the outstanding performance of short track speed skating and speed skating. Asia's traditional ice and snow powerhouses Japan and Kazakhstan won medals "sporadically" in the first four gold medal days, and in the next three days, they are expected to close the gap with South Korea in the number of gold medals with their advantageous sports such as biathlon, figure skating and ice hockey.