North Korean cheerleaders sing 'We are one!' in Games culture clash

Short Track Speed Skating Events – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men’s 1500m Competition – Gangneung Ice Arena - Gangneung, South Korea – February 10, 2018 - North Korean cheerleaders in action. REUTERS/John Sibley

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - As Switzerland demolished a unified Korean hockey team at the Pyeongchang winter Olympics on Saturday, despondent home fans at least had another contest to distract them - a clash of cultures featuring North and South Korean cheerleaders.

The North Koreans, wearing full-length red jumpsuits and arranged in tidy rows on each side of the rink, at times competed for the crowd's attention against mini-skirted dancers from the South, dressed completely in black and knee-high boots.