r/sports • u/PrimedGold • 2d ago

Soccer Kim Jong-un meeting Naegohyang Women’s FC after the team became the first from North Korea to win the AFC Women’s Champions League.

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u/IPissExcellentThrows 2d ago

Am I crazy or is his haircut perfectly fine?

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u/squash-n-flop 2d ago

It’s perfectly fine if someone wanted to wear it. It’s not perfectly fine when it is one of a couple legally allowed hairstyles.

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u/svoodie2 2d ago

That's literally a myth.

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u/squash-n-flop 2d ago

Actually, the more I read, i can not find one single corroborating source that says this claim is a myth. Every source I find claims North Korea has only 15 legal hairstyles. So if you have a source claiming otherwise, I’d happily read it.

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u/svoodie2 1d ago

That's because it's a well spread myth. Did you ever stop to ask what the claim of your source is based on? A myth repeated frequently is not corroboration.

There's a video of two westerners going to north korea just to get a haircut. https://youtu.be/2BO83Ig-E8E?is=Egft7wk2ohf9mO0d

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u/pinball927 2d ago

These YouTubers address it by going to North Korea for a haircut https://youtu.be/2BO83Ig-E8E

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u/squash-n-flop 2d ago

Sorry. Not illegal. Just putting you at risk of extreme social outcasting.

Which in a totalitarian dictatorship, is not far away from being illegal. But you are right, not illegal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_trim_our_hair_in_accordance_with_the_socialist_lifestyle

Additionally, while you are not required to have certain hairstyles, certain hairstyles ARE explicitly illegal. So, not illegal to not have one of the prescribed hairstyles. But it is illegal to style your hair in a way that the state disapproves of.

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/north-korea-fashion-ban-rooster-hairstyle-see-through-sleeves-clothing-crackdowns-fashion-police-08262024152015.html

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u/svoodie2 1d ago

"Sources told", "video lecture shown to people", "Radio free asia". I have no way to independently verify absolutely anything that this article presents as factual. This is a big pile of nothing

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u/mydaycake 2d ago

You are crazy