Gay men haircut hamhung, north korea

Two Australian friends made a 5, mile trip to North Korea to prove a point — don't believe everything you hear about the secretive nation. Over the years, a number of reports on unconfirmed bizarre practices in the country have emerged and captured global attention. Ordinarily, such claims would be met with scepticism, but not when it comes to North Korea. One such example is reports by Western media claiming that both men and women can only choose from a limited range of state-approved haircuts.

One perhaps unexpected source of insight? As a recent tweet has once gain brought to light, North Korea allegedly maintains a list of state-approved hairstyles for women. In the past, there have been many reports by Western media that both sexes have a short list of state-approved haircut models. Menu of state-approved haircuts at North Korean hair salon.

North Korean haircuts are pretty much the biggest myth in North Korea!!! It was with no surprise that the quirkiness and obscureness of the topic help spread this rumour like a wildfire on the internet with all sorts of memes coming out of the woodwork. The rumour later became that people had to choose between a number of different North Korean haircuts, all approved, again not true. With that being said though when it comes to North Korean haircuts they are still relatively conservative and you will not see any punk rockers, nor men with blonde hair!

The poster has become a tourist attraction, the salon claimed. North Korean officials paid a visit to a London hair salon to question why it had used their leader Kim Jong-un's picture in a poster offering haircuts. Barber Karim Nabbach said embassy officials were shown the door and the salon's manager spoke to the police. The Met Police said: "We have spoken to all parties involved and no offence has been disclosed.