The reclusive communist country told its male population to lose those long shaggy hairstyle and trim their hairs not more than 2 inch.
North Koreans have never been known for mop tops, but the campaign — dubbed "Let's Trim Our Hair According to Socialist Lifestyle" — suggests that popular tastes have changed recently.
State TV even derided violators of the order by name and address, calling them "blind followers of bourgeois lifestyle," and exposing them to jeers from other citizens.
"We cannot help questioning the cultural taste of this comrade, who is incapable of feeling ashamed of his hair style," the station said Monday, showing a man identified as Ko Gwang Hyun, whose unkempt hair covered his ears.
Among the campaign's hairdos and don'ts: Hair must be kept no longer than two inches. The only exception is for older men, who are given an extra four-fifths of an inch to hide baldness.
The dictum claims that long hair hampers brain activity by taking oxygen away from nerves in the head.
North Korea's campaign does not mention any rules for women and gives no explanation as to why their long hair would not result in reduced brain activity.
In November, a broadcast from the Stalinist regime chastised men with long hair as "fools who abandon our own lifestyle and mimic other people's model."
Short haircuts fit with Kim Jong Il's "songun" — or army-first — philosophy, which focuses on military strength and exhorts the people to follow the example of the 1.1 million-member Korea People's Army, the loyal backbone of Kim's rule.
Source: Reuters
North Koreans have never been known for mop tops, but the campaign — dubbed "Let's Trim Our Hair According to Socialist Lifestyle" — suggests that popular tastes have changed recently.
State TV even derided violators of the order by name and address, calling them "blind followers of bourgeois lifestyle," and exposing them to jeers from other citizens.
"We cannot help questioning the cultural taste of this comrade, who is incapable of feeling ashamed of his hair style," the station said Monday, showing a man identified as Ko Gwang Hyun, whose unkempt hair covered his ears.
Among the campaign's hairdos and don'ts: Hair must be kept no longer than two inches. The only exception is for older men, who are given an extra four-fifths of an inch to hide baldness.
The dictum claims that long hair hampers brain activity by taking oxygen away from nerves in the head.
North Korea's campaign does not mention any rules for women and gives no explanation as to why their long hair would not result in reduced brain activity.
In November, a broadcast from the Stalinist regime chastised men with long hair as "fools who abandon our own lifestyle and mimic other people's model."
Short haircuts fit with Kim Jong Il's "songun" — or army-first — philosophy, which focuses on military strength and exhorts the people to follow the example of the 1.1 million-member Korea People's Army, the loyal backbone of Kim's rule.
Source: Reuters
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