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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 ...
In a stated attempt to preserve the culture of the country and combat cultural imperialism, the Ministry of Culture in 2010 published a journal of Iranian male hairstyles approved by the ministry. [6] It further banned barbers from cutting some hair styles for men, including ponytails, mullets and spikes.
North Korea is a "Tier 3" country (those who do not comply with human trafficking laws) as listed by the U.S. Department of State and has retained this ranking since 2007. [34] [35] The country is a source country of men, women, and children for sex trafficking and forced labor. Forced labor is used both internally and externally.
Joseph Stalin reportedly handpicked Kim Il Sung, who was a fluent Russian speaker, to lead North Korea in 1948. [12] Soviet influence in North Korea was endorsed under Kim Il Sung. The degree of censorship seen in North Korea today began with the nationalization of major industries, labor reforms, and the seizure of privately owned land.
The government banned Yoo from entering the country and, starting in 2015, rejected all three of his applications for a visa to permanently reside there. Yoo sued and won, with the Supreme Court ...
Human-rights discourse in North Korea has a history that predates the establishment of the state in 1948. Based on Marxist theory, Confucian tradition, and the Juche idea, North Korean human-rights theory regards rights as conditional rather than universal, holds that collective rights take priority over individual rights, and that welfare and subsistence rights are important.
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Image credits: RRC_driver #7. When I was stationed in South Korea 2014, there was a defector from the North that went across the Demilitarized Zone. He was shot by the North Koreans a few times as ...