North Korea's cheering squad is expected to arrive in Shenyang, China, Monday to support its national team in the Beijing Olympic Games, which will open Aug. 8, Yonhap News reported quoting sources in China Sunday.
"North Korean Olympic supporters are due in Shenyang by train on July 28," one of the sources said, adding that they are mostly women and they will number between 180 and 200.
The cheering squad will visit Beijing and Tianjin to cheer for North Korea's teams during the 2008 Olympic Games, which will continue through Aug. 24. They will be joined by ethnic Koreans living in China, Yonhap said.