Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle

Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle
Chosŏn'gŭl
사회주의적생활양식에 맞게 머리단장을 하자
Hancha
社會主義的生活樣式에 맞게 머리丹粧을 하자
Revised RomanizationSahoe juuijeok saenghwal yangsige matge meori danjangeul haja
McCune–ReischauerSahoe chuŭijŏk saenghwal yangsige matke mŏri tanjangŭl haja
Image from the Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle television broadcast, showing two acceptable haircuts, modeled by factory workers in the DPRK.

Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle[1] (Korean: 사회주의적생활양식에 맞게 머리단장을 하자; alternatively translated as Let us trim our hair in accordance with Socialist lifestyle)[2] was a television program broadcast on state-run Korean Central Television in North Korea between 2004 and 2005 as part of a longstanding government propaganda against haircuts and fashions deemed at odds with "socialist values".[2] The program claimed that long hair could adversely affect human intelligence.[1]

  1. ^ a b McCurry, Justin (2005-01-12). "Get a socialist haircut, North Korea tells men". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  2. ^ a b "N Korea wages war on long hair". BBC News. 2005-01-08. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2009-03-14.