`Like the 1970s`: World mesmerised by North Korean cheerleaders
(The Guardian South Korea)

They outnumber the North´s athletes and captured global attention at Winter Olympics but a cultural chasm remainsWhen the women in matching red coats entered the Kwandong Hockey Centre in the South Korean city of Gangneung on Monday, the crowd erupted in a deafening scream. Seemingly everyone in the audience took out their phones to snap a picture of the North Korean cheerleaders, who commanded more celebrity than the Olympic ice hockey teams the crowds had gathered to support. Related: `Humble` Kim Yo-jong has charmed the media, but the glow is unlikely to last Related: Korean unification: dreams of unity fade into past for young South Koreans Continue reading...