North Korea enforces an anti-shorts law - but it's only affecting women (www.euronews.com)

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[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

They also banned skinny jeans in 2021 for the same reason:

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/may/26/north-korea-bans-skinny-jeans

Can't keep their authoritarian bullshit going without brainwashing and extreme control of those poor Koreans.

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