Men over the age of 50 were allowed an additional seven centimetres to cover any potential balding. How considerate. The campaign focused on the “negative effects” of long hair on “human intelligence development”. They made the bold claim that hair “consumes a great deal of nutrition” and could therefore steal energy out of your brain. Now, I’m not a scientist or anything but I’m fairly sure that’s not been proven in a controlled double-blind experimentation situation.

Pyongyang isn’t only concerned with the look of one’s barnet of course. The clothes North Korean’s wear must be tip-top too. According to North Korean media… “No matter how good the clothes, if one does not wear tidy shoes, one’s personality will be downgraded”. Uh oh, I’d better get myself down Sports Direct then.

Well, there’s worse things happening in North Korea than enforced trims so I guess it’s OK to laugh. I’m predicting the swift rise of a “famous people with Kim Jong-un’s hair style” meme. Watch this space… I wonder what Kim thought of Rodman’s do?

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