North Korean cheerleaders arrive in South Korea for PyeongChang Games

北응원단 "기존에 없던 것 보여줄 생각…보시면 압네다"

Turning our focus to the visiting cheerleaders.
We're seeing them in the South for the first time in well over a decade.
Other than celebrating the spirit of the games together, their mission is to rally athletes of both Koreas during the competitions.
Park Hee-jun gets us better acquainted with this group... mostly attractive women in their 20s.
One after another, they marched, wearing a red coat and dark fur hat,...
and on their chests, the North Korean flag.

These are the 229 North Korean cheerleaders who crossed the Demilitarized Zone Wednesday,... to root for both South and North Korean athletes during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. While passing through immigration control,... they greeted journalists with bright smiles.

"It's nice to meet you."

Most of them appeared to be in their early 20s.
They carried both traditional and Western style musical instruments, and when asked by journalists about their repertoire, they gave a simple but concise answer.

"You'll know when you see it."

This marks the fourth occasion for the North Korean cheerleading squad, popularly known as the "army of beauties", to visit South Korea. Their last appearance in the South was 13 years ago during the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships.

North Korea did not always send young women to cheer at global sports events.
For the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Pyongyang sent a mixed group of middle-aged men and women-- and for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the regime sent a team of one hundred male cheerleaders who were estimated to be in their their 40s and 50s.

Although only a handful of North Korean athletes are competing in PyeongChang,...the cheerleading squad is also expected to perform for the unified women's ice hockey team, as well as South Korean athletes throughout the games.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.

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[tigerjonn]

There is a saying in Korea, that says when the country separated, the prettiest women were stuck in the North and the most handsome men were stuck in the South.
There seems to be some truth to that saying.

[flwwrsq]

This comment section is a pure *SIMP* fest for these cheerleaders.

[tyrloki]

This is very encouraging. Please let the 2 Koreas unite into a strong prosperous one country. It will make China hopping mad.

[jwu]

What a lovely people !!! What a beautiful culture !!! What a wonderful country !!! We love you, Korea !!! Long live Korea !!! Long live the people of Korea !!! Long live the friendship between the Chinese people and the Korean people !!! May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.

[cdr]

they gathered up their most attractive women

[DRAKKENFIRE]

“Mostly attractive women in their 20s”?
They are all attractive from what I can see.

[Mykindom]

No plastic surgery faces like in south

[wanmang]

They must be surprised by the advance technology outside their country

[HarvardRadRes]

Korean pride is more important, which is what they would sacrifice for. They wanted to fight USA but not S Koreans.

[NPC-nhed]

Jeeezus !!! I wish Canada would do cool stuff like this instead of being led by a buncha Namby Pamby Pyjama Boys .

[taesung]

They’ll love being in south korea more than in north korea for sure

[KadhaiPaneer]

I think they gonna tries to escape and live forever in South korea

[Plausiblelove]

better than south korean plastic dolls !

[redfullpack]

now *may we all see South Korean* cheerleaders please?

[Shnozzler]

I bet all of them secretly listen to k-pop musics

[rod]

Any of those cheerleaders need to saved, I'll take one and I'll give her a good home in the US. 🥰

[martinmartin]

Idk..they seem pretty and what not, but something is off or creepy about them.they are like robots..

[JiTiAr]

Now do the opposite. South Korean cheerleaders to North Korea.

[jaikovic.]

Then one of them probably thinking about defecting nk

[ABC-gjxb]

They got a chance to see a glimps of future