The horrifying life of sex slavery North Korean cheerleaders face

NY Post

"Members of the North Korean national cheerleading squad — who have been featured gleefully rooting at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics — are systematically forced to have sex with high-ranking members of Kim Jong Un’s twisted regime, according to a disturbing report.

"Behind the scenes, the troupe — dubbed the “Pleasure Squad” by insiders — are forced to perform sex acts on party leaders during their trip to the Olympics, a defector with knowledge of the sexual slavery told Bloomberg News.

“ '[The] troupe came here and performed with dances and songs, and it might seem like a fancy show on the outside [but] they also have to go to parties and provide sexual services,” said defector Lee So Yeon, a military musician who fled the country in 2008, during Kim Jong Un’s regime.

“ 'They go to the central Politburo party’s events, and have to sleep with the people there, even if they don’t want it,” said Yeon, 42.

"She added, “Those sorts of human-rights infringements take place, where women have to follow what they are told to do with their bodies.”

"The perky and impeccably dressed cheerleaders are subject to an extreme vetting system based on their looks, family backgrounds and loyalty to the Workers’ Party, according to the outlet." . . .

Being educated doesn't mean being wise or moral:

The Westerners Who Love North Korea  . . . Despite being branded “naive” and “untrustworthy” by academics, the pro-North Korea groups are said to attract new members every day.

"The Stockholm-based Swedish-Korean Friendship Association, a 300-strong organization founded in 1969, states that it “denounce[s] US imperialism and wholeheartedly support the Korean people’s struggle for independence and national reunification.'”  . . .

Too bad we could not have traded these people for Otto Warmbier. TD

US student 'brutalised' in North Korea and left in a coma for over a year pictured as he returns home  . . . " 'We want the world to know how we and our son have been brutalised and terrorised by the pariah regime in North Korea. We are so grateful that he will finally be with people who love him.' " . . .