North Korea bans shorts - but only for women
www.euronews.com
The Asian nation is well known for their bans, but the forbidding of shorts might be the oddest one yet - especially during a heatwave.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1517933

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  • krimsonbun@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I hate north korea as much as the next guy but this don't sound too real to me brotha imma be honest

    • CascadeOfLight [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      You shouldn't! Here is a link to a podcast about Korea, I highly recommend listening to it although I warn you the content is pretty heavy.

      Furthermore, the DPRK is democratic (whereas the ROK was not for the first 37 years of its 70 year existence - and now it's "democratic" the way the US claims to be)

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