I woke up on Monday morning to the Today programme on Radio 4, which at that moment was featuring a story about a crackdown on bad haircuts in North Korea. I only caught the end of it so I wasn't sure I'd actually heard what I'd heard. It sounded unlikely, and at the time I'd missed that it was taking place in North Korea, although I should have guessed; I mean, where else could it happen?
It seems that the North Korean government isn't keen on the shabbiness of men's haircuts, has authorised just 4-types of hair cut, and suggests that men get their hair cut every 15 days. 15 days! Here that would cost a fortune, and I imagine the number of barbers would explode overnight. However perhaps in the socialist dream of North Korea, barbers are provided by the state at reasonable prices. The idea is that those found to be guilty of toting poor hair-dos will be paraded on a TV show entitled 'Let us trim our hair in accordance with Socialist lifestyle'. Belief in ideology it burns still bright in a small corner of the globe it seems.
Read the full story here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4157121.stm
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