North Korea reported on the opening of the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games on the 7th of this month and showed interest in hosting the Asian Winter Games. The Workers' Party newspaper "Labor Sinmun" reported on the 10th the grand occasion of the opening ceremony held at the Harbin International Convention and Exhibition Sports Center: "The 9th Asian Winter Games opened in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China on the 7th. ”

On the 7th, at the opening ceremony of the 9th Harbin Asian Winter Games, the North Korean delegation entered with figure skater Kim Chol as the flag bearer

The report also mentioned the news that the leaders of some countries (regions) and heads of international sports organizations attended the opening ceremony of the Asian Winter Games, and at the same time reported that the DPRK delegation participated in the opening ceremony. The DPRK delegation headed by Kim Il-kook Sports Minister departed from Pyongyang on the 5th of this month and appeared in Harbin, where the competition was held the next day.

North Korea sent a significantly smaller delegation to the Harbin Asian Winter Games, allowing only three athletes, including Lim Dae-ok (25) and Han Kim Chul (25) in figure skating pairs and Roh Young-myung (24) in men's singles. Some analysts believe that this is a strategic selection of events that are expected to win medals, and the number of players is minimized.

As one of the competitors, Yeom Daeok won a bronze medal in the pairs event at the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games with Kim Joo-sik, and is also the signature North Korean figure skater at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. Lim Dae-ok and Han Jin-chul will participate in the figure skating pairs short program of this Asian Winter Games on the 11th.