North Korea: Men required to get Kim Jong-un haircuts

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North Korea: Men required to get Kim Jong-un haircuts

Post by cronus » Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:09 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-fr ... e-26747649

North Korea: Men required to get Kim Jong-un haircuts

Men in North Korea are now required to get the same haircut as their leader Kim Jong-un, it is reported.

The state-sanctioned guidelines were introduced in the capital Pyongyang about two weeks ago, media reports say. It is now being rolled out across the country - although some people have reservations about getting the look.

"Our leader's haircut is very particular, if you will," one source tells Radio Free Asia. "It doesn't always go with everyone since everyone has different face and head shapes." Meanwhile, a North Korean now living in China says the look is actually unpopular at home because people think it resembles Chinese smugglers. "Until the mid-2000s, we called it the 'Chinese smuggler haircut'," the Korea Times reports.

It seems that haircuts have been state-approved in North Korea for some time - until now people were only allowed to choose from 18 styles for women and 10 for men. Earlier, North Korea's state TV launched a campaign against long hair, called "Let us trim our hair in accordance with the Socialist lifestyle".

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Post by FBM » Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:12 pm

There's probably a state-sanctioned way to wank up there.
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Post by rainbow » Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:19 pm

Rather sensible, I'd've thought.
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Post by laklak » Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:22 pm

Thank goodness Donald Trump didn't get elected President, eh?
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Post by rainbow » Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:29 pm

laklak wrote:Thank goodness Donald Trump didn't get elected President, eh?
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Post by tattuchu » Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:42 pm

That reminds me of a comedy routine I saw years ago in which the comedian was describing a Chinese barbershop. Up on the wall were pictures of various hairstyles to choose from. Only they were all pictures of Moe Howard from the Three Stooges. The barber would ask his customer, "Okay, what you want? You want the Moe? Or the Moe? Or how bout the Moe? Or...the Moe?"
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Post by laklak » Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:36 pm

Trump and Moe, brothers by a different mother?

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Re: North Korea: Men required to get Kim Jong-un haircuts

Post by klr » Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:54 pm

What's going to happen when every NK man looks like Kim Jong-un? :dunno:
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Re: North Korea: Men required to get Kim Jong-un haircuts

Post by JimC » Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:35 am

klr wrote:What's going to happen when every NK man looks like Kim Jong-un? :dunno:
They'll stop breeding, and the world will be saved! :woot:
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Post by FBM » Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:41 am

There will be a massive wave of female NKean defectors heading south. :ab:
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Post by JimC » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:00 am

FBM wrote:There will be a massive wave of female NKean defectors heading south. :ab:
Ready to be given comfort by Imperialist running-dogs!

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