North Korean Olympic cheerleaders steal the show in Pyeongchang

Dubbed ‘the army of beauties,’ the cheerleaders waved small flags. (File photo: AP)
Updated 12 February 2018
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North Korean Olympic cheerleaders steal the show in Pyeongchang

CAIRO: Videos of North Korean cheerleaders at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics performing tightly-synchronized routines left viewers around the world mesmerized by the spectacle.
As North and South Korea’s unified women’s hockey team took to the ice this week, 75 cheerleaders stole the show as they chanted their own songs in unison.
Dubbed “the army of beauties,” the cheerleaders waved small unified Korean Peninsula flags, swayed in unison and sung “ban gap seup nee da,” or nice to meet you, reported USA Today.
The crowd was taken by storm.
Audience members attending speed skating and ice hockey events managed to capture several videos of their performance, which went viral on social media.


Musk’s X to open source new algorithm in seven days

Updated 11 January 2026
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Musk’s X to open source new algorithm in seven days

Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X ​will open its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, to the public in seven days.
“This ‌will be ‌repeated ‌every ⁠4 ​weeks, ‌with comprehensive developer notes, to help you understand what changed,” he said in his X post.
Earlier this week, the European ⁠Commission decided to extend a ‌retention order sent ‍to ‍X last year, which ‍related to algorithms and dissemination of illegal content, prolonging it to the end ​of 2026, spokesperson Thomas Regnier told reporters on ⁠Thursday.
In July 2025, Paris prosecutors investigated the social media platform for suspected algorithmic bias and fraudulent data extraction, which Musk’s X called a “politically-motivated criminal investigation” that threatens its users’ free ‌speech.