South Korea Women’s Curling Beats China for Second Straight Win at Milan-Cortina Games South Korea’s women’s curling team beat China 10-9 for its second straight win, improving its chances of reaching the semifinals at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. The South Korean team — skip Kim Eun-ji, third Kim Min-ji, second Kim Su-ji, lead Seol Ye-eun and alternate Seol Ye-ji — defeated China in its sixth round-robin game at the Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina, Italy, on Feb. 17 (Korea time). After edging rival Japan 7-5 two days earlier, South Korea moved to 4-2 an February 17, 2026

South Korea’s Kim Yuran finishes 22nd in Olympic women’s monobob, misses final run Kim Yuran finished 22nd in the women’s monobob at the Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics, failing to advance to the fourth and final run. Kim posted 1 minute 00.51 seconds in the third run on Feb. 16 (local time) at the Cortina Sliding Center in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Her combined time for runs 1-3 was 3:02.37, placing her 22nd among 24 athletes and outside the top 20 who qualified for run 4. She was 23rd after the first two runs with a combined 2:01.86 and moved up one spot in th February 17, 2026

South Korea Faces Short Track Gold Drought at Milan-Cortina Olympics; Women’s 1,500 Last Individual Chance South Korea’s short track team, long a reliable source of Olympic gold, is facing growing concern that it could finish the Games without a top podium in the sport. Through Feb. 16 (Korea time), South Korea has won one silver and two bronze medals across six short track events at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics. Lim Jong-eon opened the medal count with bronze in the men’s 1,000 meters. Hwang Dae-heon added silver in the men’s 1,500, and Kim Gil-li took bronze in the women February 17, 2026

Milano 2026: Kim Gil-li Wins Bronze in Women’s 1,000 Meters; JTBC Apologizes for Flag Graphic ​​​​​​​Short track’s Kim Gil-li takes bronze in women’s 1,000 meters, South Korea’s sixth medal Kim Gil-li won bronze in the women’s 1,000-meter short track final at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, finishing in 1:28.614. She placed third behind Sandra Felzebur and Courtney Saro, delivering South Korea’s sixth medal of the Games. Kim advanced from the quarterfinals with steady racing. In the semifinals, she fell after contact with Hanne Desmott but moved on to the fi February 16, 2026

Kim Jin-su duo sits 12th after two runs in Olympic two-man bobsled; Seok Young-jin 19th South Korea’s men’s two-man bobsled teams led by Kim Jin-su and Seok Young-jin were outside the top 10 after the first two heats at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Kim, with brakeman Kim Hyeong-geun (both from Gangwon Provincial Office), was 12th among 26 teams with a combined time of 1 minute, 51.69 seconds in heats 1 and 2 on Feb. 16 at the Cortina Sliding Center in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The Kim team had raised expectations by finishing fourth in the season’s first World Cu February 16, 2026

Kim Gil-li Wins Bronze in Women’s 1,000 Meters Short Track at Milan 2026 South Korea short track skater Kim Gil-li of Seongnam City Hall won bronze in the women’s 1,000 meters at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics. Kim finished third in 1:28.614 in the final on Feb. 16 (Korea time) at the Milan Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy, behind Sandra Felzebur of the Netherlands and Courtney Saro of Canada. The result gave South Korea its sixth medal of the Games. South Korea’s medal haul through that day included Kim Sang-gyeom’s silver in the men’s par February 16, 2026

Kim Gil-li advances to women’s 1,000 final at Milan-Cortina Olympics; Choi Min-jeong to placement race Kim Gil-li of South Korea advanced to the women’s 1,000-meter final in short track at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics after receiving an advance ruling. Choi Min-jeong did not reach the final and will skate in the placement race, while Noh Do-hee was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Competing in Milan on Feb. 16 (Korea time), Kim secured her spot in the final after officials reviewed an incident in the semifinal. Earlier, she placed second in her quarterfinal heat in 1 mi February 16, 2026

South Korea’s Lim Jong-eon, Hwang Dae-heon eliminated in Olympic men’s 500 short track heats South Korea’s Lim Jong-eon and Hwang Dae-heon were both eliminated in the men’s 500 meters short track heats at the 2026 Milano-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics. Lim, who previously won bronze in the men’s 1,000, finished third in Heat 8 on Feb. 16 (Korea time) at the Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy, clocking 41.289 seconds and missing the quarterfinals. The race was physical from the start. Lim tangled with Niall Treacy of Britain in the first corner and went down, and the battle for February 16, 2026

Olympic Snowboard Gold Medalist Choi Ga-on Returns to South Korea After Halfpipe Win Choi Ga-on, wearing her gold medal from the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics, returned home on the 16th. Choi, who delivered the first gold medal for the South Korean team, met reporters at the arrivals hall of Incheon International Airport’s Terminal 2 and said it still felt unreal. “I was in Milan until yesterday, so it didn’t really sink in,” she said. “But coming into Korea and being welcomed makes it feel more real, and I’m happy.” She added, “I didn’t expect so many pe February 16, 2026

HuonsN Launches Lunar New Year Supplement Discounts on HuonsN Mall HuonsN said Monday it is running a “Lunar New Year health gift” promotion around the holiday period, offering discounts on its HuonsN Mall through Feb. 28. The company said it has prepared a limited quantity of specially packaged gift sets, including “InjiCore Stick” for cognitive function, “6-Year Real Red Ginseng Stick 57.5” made with 100% domestically produced 6-year-old red ginseng concentrate, and “Black Bellflower Pear Juice Stick” containing domestically produced black bellflower a February 16, 2026