As North Korean authorities intensify a crackdown on youth trend, they’ve begun concentrating on younger individuals who imitate Kim Jong Un’s clothes and coiffure, notably those that put on saggy pants just like the chief’s. The sudden crackdown, which started in early August in Chongjin, is being enforced by the Socialist Patriotic Youth League.
Talking on situation of anonymity, a supply in North Hamgyong province advised The Each day NK on Wednesday that North Korean youths name the saggy pants, which have way more legroom than different pants, “supreme chief pants.”
The sartorial decisions of Kim Jong Un or his household typically change into stylish once they seem on tv or in newspapers. As Kim’s saggy pants have change into standard lately, college students at Chongjin Railway College, Chongjin Medical College and different main universities in Chongjin have taken to sporting them.
Nevertheless, the Socialist Patriotic Youth League organizations started cracking down on younger folks sporting saggy pants in early August, saying that “the pants regarded good on folks with sturdy figures just like the supreme chief, however they regarded unhealthy on smaller-framed folks,” based on the supply.
“They crack down on shorts, claiming they don’t go along with the socialist way of life, however with saggy pants, they only crack down on them with out clarification. Nevertheless, they only warn us to not put on them. They don’t publicly criticize us like they do once we put on tight pants or shorts,” he defined.
“Dishevelled pants, often known as ‘supreme chief pants,’ are so saggy that they will make you appear like a scarecrow, so plainly Pyongyang has quietly issued a trend crackdown on individuals who put on them out of concern that such a picture might be related to Kim.”
Kim Jong Un-style hair additionally a part of crackdown
Authorities have additionally cracked down on younger individuals who put on their hair like Kim.
“College college students are inspired to put on their hair lengthy on the perimeters and quick on high, and they’re cracking down on the so-called supreme chief coiffure, with the perimeters minimize virtually to the scalp and the highest left lengthy,” the supply mentioned.
The organizations imposing the crackdown have but to clarify precisely why they’re objecting to the coiffure. Nevertheless, the supply steered that they might consider that “calling it the ‘supreme chief’s hair’ is itself an issue.”
Some folks discover it “very complicated” that “even following what the Supreme Chief does is an issue,” the supply mentioned.
“They didn’t cease folks from sporting windbreakers and platform sneakers when Kim Jong Il was in energy, however now they’re stopping you from sporting see-through garments like Kim Jong Un’s daughter, or saggy pants and leather-based jackets like Kim himself. Now that they’re cracking down on the supreme chief’s coiffure, some individuals are whispering that it looks like they’re attempting to separate the Paektu bloodline from the folks.”
The Each day NK works with a community of sources in North Korea, China, and elsewhere. For safety causes, their identities stay nameless.
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