North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is known for his crazy decrees. He is known for banning practices prevalent in enemy countries in his country. This time a new name has been added to his list. This time he has banned ponytails as a part of his war against his enemies. Not only this, if anyone is caught with this hairstyle in his country, he will also be punished.
Kim Jong Un has vowed to end the fashion trends prevalent in the South. This is why jeans, dyed hair, long hair, pressed trousers and shoulder bags, as well as semi-transparent sleeves on dresses and blouses are already banned in North Korea. Now
Ponytail has also been added to this list.
If someone is caught wearing a ponytail, his head will be shaved off and he can be jailed for up to six months. It is being said that this order has been given by dictator Kim Jong Un, who saw people of his neighbour South Korea keeping their hair in this style.
Now if anyone is found with a ponytail hairstyle in North Korea, he will be punished. (Symbolic picture: Canva)
All this has happened under the new provisions. Daily Star According to Radio Free Asia, an unnamed source in North Hamgyong, close to North Korea’s China border, said the rules were set out in a video. According to the radio station, the latest restrictions are being implemented because transparent sleeves and ponytails ‘tarnish the image of the socialist system’.
Jong Un, 40, is desperate to keep his country separate from the South. In recent years, smugglers and traders from China have brought in South Korean films and TV dramas saved on memory cards. People living near the Chinese border can also use smuggled SIM cards to go online. The government deploys secret squads to wipe out traces of foreign influence in the isolated dictatorship, including a habit of holding birthday parties.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : August 31, 2024, 07:51 IST
