Kim Jong Un’s dictatorship is intensifying its crackdown on “decadent” Western fashion trends in North Korea, such as coloured hair, tight trousers, and piercings. According to Radio Free Asia, North Korea’s Socialist Patriot Youth League is now targeting women in their 20s and 30s who wear their hair down to their waists, colour it brown, or wear apparel with large foreign characters.
Radio Free Asia, a US government-sponsored nonprofit news site reported, citing an anonymous resident of Hamhung that North Korea’s administration is also targeting women who wear curve-hugging jeans. Those who are caught wearing “capitalist flair” clothing outside are forced to stand on the side of the road until a youth patrol has completed scanning the area for others.
The report further added that all offenders are then transported to the Youth League’s office, where they must confess their offences in writing. They are allowed to return home only if, someone provides them more suitable attire.