February 16, 2006
Defector: NK Cheerleaders Sent to Gulag
Who recalls the days when South Korea’s faith in reunification bordered on an obession – a religion, perhaps? Nothing was more telling of the North Korean regime’s success at self-popularization in the South than the public swooning over a squad of North Korean cheerleaders, despite all the procrustean, regimented eeriness surrounding them. Let’s look back at that time: This bustling South Korean port bid an emotional farewell Tuesday to a North Korean cheering squad whose presence at the Asian Games,...