Has one North Korean cheerleader gone rogue during the 2018 Winter Olympics? North Korea’s squad of cheerleaders has been a hit in Pyeongchang, South Korea, due to the energetic and choreographed support they provide Korean Olympians. The so-called “Army of Beauties” reserves its enthusiasm solely for its own teams, so the fact one appeared to cheer for a sworn enemy is notable. Korean-language television cameras spotted a North Korean cheerleader clapping for United States figure skaters Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim last Friday during one of their performances. As you can see in the video below, the cheerleader seated next to the rogue cl... NESN.com
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North, South Korea To Unity In Sports At Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
The 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, will include unprecedented displays of unity. North Korea and South Korea announced Wednesday in a statement they’ll march together under a unified flag next month at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, according to Bloomberg’s Kanga Kong. The countries also will field a joint women’s ice-hockey team in an apparent sign of thawing relations between them. The unified flag might be similar to the one the Koreas displayed at numerous sporting events in recent years, including the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. Tensions over North Korea’s nuclear p... NESN.com
USOC plan for Winter Olympics unchanged despite ambassador’s…
The U.S. Olympic Committee still plans on bringing teams to the Pyeongchang Games in February despite U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley casting doubt on U.S. participation. In an interview Wednesday with Fox News Channel, Haley was asked if it’s an open question about whether the U.S. team will compete at the Olympics in South Korea, given the tensions on the Korean Peninsula. “There’s an open question,” she said. “I have not heard anything about that. But I do know that in the talks that we have, whether it’s Jerusalem, whether it’s North Korea, it’s always about, how do we do protect the U.S. citizens in the area.” USOC spokesman Mark Jones released a statement Thursday in response, saying the committee had not had any