From Pyongyang to Pyeongchang, North Korea sent over 200 cheerleaders to support 22 North Korean athletes and 145 South Korean athletes as well.
The young women have been spotted continuously singing, clapping, and dancing in perfect unison.
Dit is dus echt heel bijzonder. #BNR #pyeongchangOlympics2018 pic.twitter.com/mDha25Px9g
— Thomas Schuurman (@ThomasSchuurman) February 10, 2018
When you sit next to #NorthKorea’s cheering squad at speedskating.#PyeongChang2018 #olympics @NBCOlympics pic.twitter.com/e3TRP7NYiL
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) February 10, 2018
They also wore these masks of a “generic good looking man…used similarly to the mask in ‘Talchum’, the Korean traditional mask dance”.
During one of the events they were cheering at, BTS’s “Blood Sweat & Tears” came on and made it look like they were dancing along to the popular K-Pop song.
Collaboration with @BTS_twt ? North Korean cheering squad shows off Korean ballet moves while BTS' mega hit song Blood, Sweat & Tears is playing pic.twitter.com/TLveHdCQuC
— Sohee Kim (@soheefication) February 10, 2018
The traditional chanting paired with artists like Kanye West and Sunmi playing in the background has brought a chuckle or two due to the juxtaposition.
North Korean cheering squad's first song "반갑습니다 Nice to meet you" pic.twitter.com/JSi29R8r6u
— Sohee Kim (@soheefication) February 10, 2018
It looks like the cheerleaders are cheering on their athletes with all they’ve got! Even at a hockey game where South Korea lost 8-0 to Switzerland, the cheerleaders didn’t lose their pep.
Dit is dus echt heel bijzonder. #BNR #pyeongchangOlympics2018 pic.twitter.com/mDha25Px9g
— Thomas Schuurman (@ThomasSchuurman) February 10, 2018
It’ll be interesting to see what else comes of North Korea and South Korea forming a joint female ice hockey team and marching under a Korean Peninsula flag!