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'''''Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle'''''<ref name="getasocialist">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jan/12/broadcasting.koreanews|title=Get a socialist haircut, North Korea tells men|last=McCurry|first=Justin|date=2005-01-12|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref> (alternatively translated as '''''Let us trim our hair in accordance with Socialist lifestyle''''')<ref name="nkoreawages">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4157121.stm|title=N Korea wages war on long hair|date=2005-01-08|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref> |
'''''Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle'''''<ref name="getasocialist">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jan/12/broadcasting.koreanews|title=Get a socialist haircut, North Korea tells men|last=McCurry|first=Justin|date=2005-01-12|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2009-03-14|archive-date=2023-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603174445/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jan/12/broadcasting.koreanews|url-status=live}}</ref> ({{Korean|hangul=사회주의적생활양식에 맞게 머리단장을 하자}}; alternatively translated as '''''Let us trim our hair in accordance with Socialist lifestyle''''')<ref name="nkoreawages">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4157121.stm|title=N Korea wages war on long hair|date=2005-01-08|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=2009-03-14|archive-date=2023-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208071242/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4157121.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> was a [[television program]] broadcast on state-run [[Korean Central Television]] in [[North Korea]] between 2004 and 2005 as part of a longstanding [[Government of North Korea|government]] [[Propaganda in North Korea|propaganda]] against haircuts and fashions deemed at odds with "[[Socialism|socialist]] values".<ref name="nkoreawages"/> The program claimed that long [[hair]] could adversely affect [[Intelligence#Human intelligence|human intelligence]].<ref name="getasocialist" /> |
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It was broadcast on state-run [[Korean Central Television]] in the capital of [[Pyongyang]] and clips from the program were later rebroadcast on the British channel [[BBC One]]{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}. The program claimed that [[hair]] length can affect [[Intelligence#Human intelligence|human intelligence]], in part because of the deprivation to the rest of the body of [[nutrient]]s required for hair to grow.<ref name="getasocialist" /> However, although some researchers have proposed that brain and hair are in competition from an evolutionary standpoint,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Hair for brain trade-off, a metabolic bypass for encephalization|author=Dror and Hopp|date=2014-09-27|pmc=4190188|pmid=25332862|doi=10.1186/2193-1801-3-562|volume=3|journal=SpringerPlus|pages=562}}</ref> cutting hair has no influence on its rate of growth.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/07/hair-growth-tips-trim_n_1477383.html|title=Hair Growth Tips: Do Regular Trims Really Make It Grow Faster?|date=2012-05-07|work=[[Huffington Post]]|accessdate=2016-02-09}}</ref> It was part of a longstanding North Korean government restriction campaign against haircuts and fashions deemed at odds with "[[Socialism|Socialist]] values".<ref name="nkoreawages"/> |
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==North Korea's fashion restrictions== |
==North Korea's fashion restrictions== |
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Such dress and hair standards have long been a fixture of North Korean society. [[Kim Jong |
Such dress and hair standards have long been a fixture of North Korean society. [[Kim Jong Il]] was known for his "''Speed Battle Cut''" [[crew cut]] when he first came to prominence in the early 1980s, though he later reverted to the short sided [[bouffant]] favored by [[Kim Il Sung|his father]].<ref>Paul French. North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula: A Modern History. Zed Books (2007) {{ISBN|1-84277-905-2}} p. 15</ref> After Kim Jong Il succeeded his father, some of the state's restrictions on Western fashion were relaxed. Women were allowed permanent waves, men could grow slightly longer hair, and even public dancing was allowed.<ref>Bradley K. Martin. Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader. Macmillan (2006) {{ISBN|0-312-32322-0}}, p. 378</ref> Despite such slight concessions during the early years of Kim Jong Il's rule, obvious emblems of Western fashion such as [[jeans]] continued to be entirely banned, and long hair on men could lead to arrest and forced haircuts.<ref>French (2007) pp. 15–16</ref> |
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According to the North Korean daily ''[[Rodong |
According to the North Korean daily ''[[Rodong Sinmun]]'' (''Worker's Newspaper''), the leadership was fighting a [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla war]] against the possible incursion of [[capitalism]] into the sphere of personal appearance. Along with long hair, untidy shoes were identified as the epitome of [[Western Hemisphere|Western]] culture which, by imitation, would lead the country to ruin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=705|title=Keeping Our Hair On|author=Tirthankar Mukherjee|publisher=[[UB Post]]|date=2007-10-04|accessdate=2009-03-14|archive-date=2007-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114235547/http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=705|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Television series== |
==Television series== |
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The series began in 2004 as part of the regular television program ''Common Sense''. In the autumn of that year, a larger [[Media of North Korea|media]] campaign (print and radio as well as television)<ref name=getasocialist/> began promoting proper attire and neat appearances for men. The show encouraged short hairstyles, such as the flat-top crew cut, middle hairstyle, low hairstyle, and high hairstyle. It said that hair should be kept between {{convert|1|and|5|cm|1|abbr=on}} in length, and recommended haircuts for men every 15 days. The country's official hairstyles did allow men over 50 years old to grow their upper hair up to {{convert|7|cm|abbr=on}} long, to [[Comb over|disguise balding]].<ref name="nkoreawages"/> |
The series began in 2004 as part of the regular television program ''Common Sense''. In the autumn of that year, a larger [[Media of North Korea|media]] campaign (print and radio as well as television)<ref name=getasocialist/> began promoting proper attire and neat appearances for men. The show encouraged short hairstyles, such as the flat-top crew cut, middle hairstyle, low hairstyle, and high hairstyle. It said that hair should be kept between {{convert|1|and|5|cm|1|abbr=on}} in length, and recommended haircuts for men every 15 days. The country's official hairstyles did allow men over 50 years old to grow their upper hair up to {{convert|7|cm|abbr=on}} long, to [[Comb over|disguise balding]].<ref name="nkoreawages"/> |
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An initial five-part series of the show featured officially endorsed haircut styles, while a later series went a step further by showing certain men as examples of how ''not'' to trim one's hair. With each example, the show conveyed the person's name and where they lived (or worked) via subtitles and/or voice.<ref name="getasocialist"/> For example, in one episode (shown in January 2005) a North Korean citizen named Mr. Ko Gwang |
An initial five-part series of the show featured officially endorsed haircut styles, while a later series went a step further by showing certain men as examples of how ''not'' to trim one's hair. With each example, the show conveyed the person's name and where they lived (or worked) via subtitles and/or voice.<ref name="getasocialist"/> For example, in one episode (shown in January 2005) a North Korean citizen named Mr. Ko Gwang-hyun, whose unkempt hair covered his ears, was shown as a negative role model, with the [[voiceover]] commentary: "We cannot help questioning the cultural taste of this comrade, who is incapable of feeling ashamed of his hair style. Can we expect a man with this disheveled mind-set to perform his duty well?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw1107252004338B252|title=It's all about hair as communists wage war|author=Sang-Hun Choe|publisher=[[Independent Online (South Africa)]]|date=2005-02-01|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref> |
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In the North Korean capital city of [[Pyongyang]], |
In the North Korean capital city of [[Pyongyang]], [[hidden cameras]] were placed to catch citizens with improper hairstyles. This was part of a television programme broadcast at the same time as ''Let's Trim Our Hair in Accordance with the Socialist Lifestyle''. The offenders would then be interviewed by the presenter and asked to explain themselves. Their name, address and workplace would be announced to embarrass them in the hopes that fear of such social ostracism would influence others' behavior.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4157121.stm|title=N. Korea Wages War on Long Hair|date=2005-01-08|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=2016-04-17|archive-date=2023-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208071242/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4157121.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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| Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 사회주의적생활양식에 맞게 머리단장을 하자 |
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| Revised Romanization | Sahoe juuijeok saenghwal yangsige matge meori danjangeul haja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sahoe chuŭijŏk saenghwal yangsige matke mŏri tanjangŭl haja |
Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle[1] (Korean: 사회주의적생활양식에 맞게 머리단장을 하자; alternatively translated as Let us trim our hair in accordance with Socialist lifestyle)[2] was a television program broadcast on state-run Korean Central Television in North Korea between 2004 and 2005 as part of a longstanding government propaganda against haircuts and fashions deemed at odds with "socialist values".[2] The program claimed that long hair could adversely affect human intelligence.[1]
North Korea's fashion restrictions
[edit]Such dress and hair standards have long been a fixture of North Korean society. Kim Jong Il was known for his "Speed Battle Cut" crew cut when he first came to prominence in the early 1980s, though he later reverted to the short sided bouffant favored by his father.[3] After Kim Jong Il succeeded his father, some of the state's restrictions on Western fashion were relaxed. Women were allowed permanent waves, men could grow slightly longer hair, and even public dancing was allowed.[4] Despite such slight concessions during the early years of Kim Jong Il's rule, obvious emblems of Western fashion such as jeans continued to be entirely banned, and long hair on men could lead to arrest and forced haircuts.[5]
According to the North Korean daily Rodong Sinmun (Worker's Newspaper), the leadership was fighting a guerrilla war against the possible incursion of capitalism into the sphere of personal appearance. Along with long hair, untidy shoes were identified as the epitome of Western culture which, by imitation, would lead the country to ruin.[6]
Television series
[edit]The series began in 2004 as part of the regular television program Common Sense. In the autumn of that year, a larger media campaign (print and radio as well as television)[1] began promoting proper attire and neat appearances for men. The show encouraged short hairstyles, such as the flat-top crew cut, middle hairstyle, low hairstyle, and high hairstyle. It said that hair should be kept between 1 and 5 cm (0.4 and 2.0 in) in length, and recommended haircuts for men every 15 days. The country's official hairstyles did allow men over 50 years old to grow their upper hair up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long, to disguise balding.[2]
An initial five-part series of the show featured officially endorsed haircut styles, while a later series went a step further by showing certain men as examples of how not to trim one's hair. With each example, the show conveyed the person's name and where they lived (or worked) via subtitles and/or voice.[1] For example, in one episode (shown in January 2005) a North Korean citizen named Mr. Ko Gwang-hyun, whose unkempt hair covered his ears, was shown as a negative role model, with the voiceover commentary: "We cannot help questioning the cultural taste of this comrade, who is incapable of feeling ashamed of his hair style. Can we expect a man with this disheveled mind-set to perform his duty well?"[7]
In the North Korean capital city of Pyongyang, hidden cameras were placed to catch citizens with improper hairstyles. This was part of a television programme broadcast at the same time as Let's Trim Our Hair in Accordance with the Socialist Lifestyle. The offenders would then be interviewed by the presenter and asked to explain themselves. Their name, address and workplace would be announced to embarrass them in the hopes that fear of such social ostracism would influence others' behavior.[8]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "N Korea wages war on long hair". BBC News. 2005-01-08. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ Paul French. North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula: A Modern History. Zed Books (2007) ISBN 1-84277-905-2 p. 15
- ^ Bradley K. Martin. Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader. Macmillan (2006) ISBN 0-312-32322-0, p. 378
- ^ French (2007) pp. 15–16
- ^ Tirthankar Mukherjee (2007-10-04). "Keeping Our Hair On". UB Post. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ Sang-Hun Choe (2005-02-01). "It's all about hair as communists wage war". Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "N. Korea Wages War on Long Hair". BBC News. 2005-01-08. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
