<p data-changed="false" data-paragraphid="5">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.</p>

<p data-changed="false" data-paragraphid="7">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.</p>

<p data-changed="false" data-paragraphid="8">North Korea's administration is also targeting women who wear curve-hugging jeans, according to an anonymous resident of Hamhung who spoke to a US government-sponsored charity news site.</p>

<p data-changed="false" data-paragraphid="9">Those who are caught wearing "capitalist flair" clothing outside must wait on the side of the road until a youth patrol has completed checking the area for more violators.</p>

<p data-changed="false" data-paragraphid="10">According to the article, all offenders are then transported to the Youth League's office, where they must confess their offences in writing. They will only be allowed to return home if someone provides them with more suitable attire.</p>

<p data-changed="false" data-paragraphid="11">The increased battle against Western tendencies, according to RFA's anonymous source, was declared last month during a statewide educational session during which Youth League leaders warned that dressing and hair like people in capitalist nations was in breach of North Korea's socialist standards.</p>

<p data-changed="false" data-paragraphid="12">According to a BBC article at the time, North Korea first announced a crackdown on skinny jeans, piercings, and certain haircuts, including mullets, after Kim condemned foreign style and speech as "hazardous poisons."</p>

<p data-changed="false" data-paragraphid="13">Since then, the Youth League has stepped up its attempts to identify people who are mimicking foreign fashions and habits.</p>

<p data-changed="false" data-paragraphid="14">According to another source who spoke to RFA on the condition of anonymity, patrols in the city of Chongjin have been targeting a local marketplace known as a favourite hangout site for young people.</p>

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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.

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. North Korea's administration is also targeting women who wear curve-hugging jeans, according to an anonymous resident of Hamhung who spoke to a US government-sponsored charity news site. Those who are caught wearing "capitalist flair" clothing outside must wait on the side of the road until a youth patrol has completed checking the area for more violators. According to the article, all offenders are then transported to the Youth League's office, where they must confess their offences in writing. They will only be allowed to return home if someone provides them with more suitable attire. The increased battle against Western tendencies, according to RFA's anonymous source, was declared last month during a statewide educational session during which Youth League leaders warned that dressing and hair like people in capitalist nations was in breach of North Korea's socialist standards. According to a BBC article at the time, North Korea first announced a crackdown on skinny jeans, piercings, and certain haircuts, including mullets, after Kim condemned foreign style and speech as "hazardous poisons." Since then, the Youth League has stepped up its attempts to identify people who are mimicking foreign fashions and habits. According to another source who spoke to RFA on the condition of anonymity, patrols in the city of Chongjin have been targeting a local marketplace known as a favourite hangout site for young people. WATCH WION LIVE HERE

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<p>North Korea is reportedly imposing a ban on leather jackets and trench coats so that common people do not copy the style of their supreme leader, Kim Jong-un.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Radio Free Asia reported, citing sources in the country that authorities in North Korea are saying that it is disrespectful to copy the fashion choices of the country's leader.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Hence, they are cracking down on residents wearing leather trench coats and jackets in order to stop cheap imitations. The report also said that fashion police are patrolling the streets and they are confiscating the jackets from the sellers.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The leather trench coats became popular in the country in 2019 when Kim appeared on TV donning one. RFA stated that initially, real leather coats were imported from China and were popular among the rich people who could afford them.&nbsp;</p>

<p>But soon the local garment makers began to import fake leather to make them domestically, providing it to the customers at comparatively lesser prices. The demand increased further after another TV appearance by Kim this year.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>"During the military parade at the 8th Party Congress in January of this year, the Highest Dignity and all the high-ranking officials were shown wearing leather coats also," the source told RFA. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong, was also donning a leather coat. The source said that the style became a "symbol for powerful women too". Police in Pyongsong recently started confiscating the coats from sellers and people wearing them in public.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>After common people objected that they bought the coat with their own money, the authorities, as per RFA, said that wearing clothes designed to look like Kim Jong Un is an "impure trend to challenge the authority of the Highest Dignity".&nbsp;</p>


North Korea is reportedly imposing a ban on leather jackets and trench coats so that common people do not copy the style of their supreme leader, Kim Jong-un. Radio Free Asia reported, citing sources in the country that authorities in North Korea are saying that it is disrespectful to copy the fashion choices of the country's leader.

North Korea is reportedly imposing a ban on leather jackets and trench coats so that common people do not copy the style of their supreme leader, Kim Jong-un. Radio Free Asia reported, citing sources in the country that authorities in North Korea are saying that it is disrespectful to copy the fashion choices of the country's leader. Hence, they are cracking down on residents wearing leather trench coats and jackets in order to stop cheap imitations. The report also said that fashion police are patrolling the streets and they are confiscating the jackets from the sellers. ALSO READ | Expert warns of impending ‘doomsday’, says US vulnerable to China’s electromagnetic pulse attack The leather trench coats became popular in the country in 2019 when Kim appeared on TV donning one. RFA stated that initially, real leather coats were imported from China and were popular among the rich people who could afford them. But soon the local garment makers began to import fake leather to make them domestically, providing it to the customers at comparatively lesser prices. The demand increased further after another TV appearance by Kim this year. ALSO READ | How fake news on Facebook helped fuel a border crisis in Europe "During the military parade at the 8th Party Congress in January of this year, the Highest Dignity and all the high-ranking officials were shown wearing leather coats also," the source told RFA. Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong, was also donning a leather coat. The source said that the style became a "symbol for powerful women too". Police in Pyongsong recently started confiscating the coats from sellers and people wearing them in public. North Korea has reportedly banned people from wearing leather trench coats because dictatorial ruler Kim Jong-un doesn't want his citizens dressing up like him.😳 pic.twitter.com/3Eaw5nqZYp — Chinnysblogofficial (@Aunty_Chinny) November 25, 2021 × #NEWS: Kim Jong-Un bans leather coats to stop citizens from copying his style pic.twitter.com/iMxIAmFU8H — 44vibe News (@44vibeTV) November 26, 2021 × After common people objected that they bought the coat with their own money, the authorities, as per RFA, said that wearing clothes designed to look like Kim Jong Un is an "impure trend to challenge the authority of the Highest Dignity".

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