North Korean Men Reportedly Required To Get The Same Haircut As Kim Jong Un

All Men In North Korea Are Now Reportedly Required to Get the Same Haircut as Kim Jong Un -- Time

Women will still be allowed to choose from a selection of state-sanctioned 'dos

Until now, everyone in North Korea had to choose their haircuts from a list of state-approved styles. But now, all men in the hermit kingdom will be required to sport the same hairstyle as supreme leader Kim Jong Un, the BBC reports.

Pyongyang introduced the new law two weeks ago but is now rolling it out across the country. Unfortunately, some North Koreans may not be thrilled about the new look. According to a former Pyongyang resident now living in China, the Kim Jong Un cut is unpopular because it apparently resembles the style of Chinese smugglers. “Until the mid-2000s, we called it the ‘Chinese smuggler haircut,” the source told the Korea Times.

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More News On Reports That North Korean Men Are Reportedly Required To Get The Same Haircut As Kim Jong Un

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Trim wrong one: Kim Jong-Un forces male students to have the same hairstyle as him… known as the Dear Leader haircut -- Daily Mail
North Korean men are now required to get the exact same haircut as Kim Jong Un -- Global Post
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To hair is human: Was North Korea haircut story fake? -- Haaretz
Are the men of North Korea really being forced to get Kim Jong Un haircuts? -- Washington Post
Fake North Korea News Watch: Haircut Edition -- Joshua Keating, Slate

My Comment: Yup .... Dennis Rodman would look good with such a haircut.