The censoring is said to be linked to Kim Jong Un's regime's efforts to restrict Western fashion and culture in North Korea, NKNews reports.

Blue jeans are said to be a sign of the West, according to the outlet, and have been essentially banned since the 1990s.

... What the fuck? Do they only wear cargo pants or something?

Next time I'm feeling useless, I'll remember that it's somebody's job to blur out blue jeans for North Korean television. Sucks that a frame of the forbidden fabric could land multiple generations of their family in prison for life though, bit of a downer.

This is despite the country briefly exporting designer jeans to Sweden.

The Onion rarely gets better than this

Those Koreans must be so confused. First there is something so nice and wholesome as British gardening shows and then the pants get censored? Wtf is going on in UK? Anyway pass the meth pipe please.

Alan Titchmarsh must have a hell of a hog for them to just say, "Fuck it, just blur his entire bottom half and be done with it."

I walked into Alan Titchmarsh once, as in, literally. That's all I've got to say, really.

I was somehow expecting something that might be arguably visually offensive in some way - Matthew Lesko at minimum.

Not just plain ol' jeans...

Blue Jeans
Alan's got blue jeans
Like a clear, blue sky
Watchin' over me...

Bloody North Korean pirates...