North Korea bans shorts - but only for women
www.euronews.com
The Asian nation is well known for their bans, but the forbidding of shorts might be the oddest one yet - especially during a heatwave.
  • LesbianLiberty [she/her]English
    34•9 months ago

    Radio Free Asia, a broadcasting service which aims to get the bottom of propaganda put out by totalitarian countries, interviewed an anonymous resident.

    Goddamnit

  • @[email protected]English
    27•9 months ago

    How long until an article comes out saying it’s mandatory to wear shorts in the DPRK?

    • Bloops
      11•9 months ago

      Supreme Leader of North Korea Mandates Shorts

      Dec. 15, 2023

      A recent report by Radio Free Asia states all citizens are required to wear shorts despite the cold weather. According to the anonymous source, famed news presenter Ri Chun-hee was quoted as saying, “They’re comfy and easy to wear.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet responded to interview requests.

  • Krause [he/him]
    20•9 months ago

    So the CIA interviewed a single anonymous person who probably doesn’t even exist. Cool journalism!

  • krimsonbun
    9•9 months ago

    I hate north korea as much as the next guy but this don’t sound too real to me brotha imma be honest

    • CascadeOfLight [he/him]English
      6•9 months ago

      You shouldn’t! Here is a link to a podcast about Korea, I highly recommend listening to it although I warn you the content is pretty heavy.

      Furthermore, the DPRK is democratic (whereas the ROK was not for the first 37 years of its 70 year existence - and now it's "democratic" the way the US claims to be)

    • DessertStorms
      -3•9 months ago

      “I hate this dictatorship as much as the next person, but I find it extremely hard to believe that it would impose arbitrary rules that marginalise women”

      What world do you live in where misogynistic dress codes imposed by a patriarchal society (so essentially all of them) are somehow “unbelievable”?

      Like, this isn’t even accusing them of the serious crimes they commit, why are you people so quick to defend an oppressive state? (E: especially considering the flag in your profile which should mean you think all states are oppressive, which makes the whole thing even more bizarre)

      • Pili
        3•9 months ago

        why are you people so quick to defend an oppressive state?

        Seriously? Doubting a ridiculous article about fashion with absolutely no sources is “defense of an oppressive state”? Is critical thinking now considered wrongthink here?

      • Deceptichum
        0•9 months ago

        Because tankies can’t accept that these regimes aren’t actually good for the people living under them.

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    6•9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Radio Free Asia, a broadcasting service which aims to get the bottom of propaganda put out by totalitarian countries, interviewed an anonymous resident.

    Although the regime in North Korea demands total loyalty to Jong-Un, one ‘subject’ told the radio station that 10 women had been arrested in the country, simply for wearing above-the-knee trousers.

    At the time, a north Pyongan resident revealed that two women had been fined for smoking outside while they ate and were warned that if they were caught again, they could be imprisoned at a disciplinary labour centre for a month.

    In Japan, authority figures have long imposed strict regulations on what school students can wear - down to the colour of their underwear, the length of their socks and even hairstyles.

    Girls are banned from wearing their hair in ponytails as it’s thought, bizarrely, that exposing the nape of their necks could ‘sexually excite’ male students.

    Some schools are so tough on the latter that they demand photographic proof from students of their natural hair colour and texture, if it isn’t strictly black and straight.

    I’m a bot and I’m open source!

  • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]English
    4•9 months ago

    So is this article another one that uses Radio Free Asia as a source?

    'cos I don’t know shit about North Korea but I don’t trust any news source that is owned and run by the CIA.

    Edit:

    Radio Free Asia, a broadcasting service which aims to get the bottom of propaganda put out by totalitarian countries, interviewed an anonymous resident.

    Called it.