Korean Female Cheerleaders

South Korean Cho Soojin was recently interviewed by The Beijinger, an English-language city/lifestyle magazine published in the Chinese capital.

Cho first came to Beijing to learn Chinese and ended up teaching cheerleading dance moves to China's top cheerleaders preparing for the Beijing Olympics.

Cho reportedly established herself after her squad of dancers "turned heads at the 2002 World Cup."

The use of Chinese elements in their dances and costumes was said to have attracted a lot of positive attention, and her Soojin Dance Studio was later designated the official cheerleading training center.

When asked how she got into coaching cheerleading in China, Cho said she really liked Chinese culture.

Of more interest, she said - "I am an extrovert, but in South Korea women are not allowed to behave like this ... I feel more comfortable in China."

Hmm, not allowed to behave like what? Like cheerleaders? Not allowed to prance around and show off their nifty dance moves? Then what about those countless public performances (pictured) which I have seen in Seoul involving girls wearing mini-skirts and doing exactly just that?

Korea amazes me. Koreans more so.

Maybe Cho was actually saying that while the Korean public loves watching these performances, they consider girls who undertake such performances unbecoming?