North Korea to send cheerleaders to Winter Olympics 'peace games'

in northkorea •  7 years ago 

Delegation may walk across demilitarised zone in what would be a highly symbolic move

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North Korea will send a large contingent of cheerleaders to next month’s Winter Olympics, South Korea has announced, as the two sides prepare to present their plan for a “peace games” to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the weekend.

South Korea’s unification ministry said on Wednesday that the North had offered to send 230 members of its all-female cheerleading squad to the Games in Pyeongchang.

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