North Korea’s Top 10 Exports When you think of North Korea, fashion isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. The surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea at the 38th parallel, with the Soviet Union occupying the north, and the United States occupying the south. In North Korea, these traditional costume are known as Joseon Ot, because hanbok is originally a South Korean name. The official language of North Korea is Korean. With all the attention on North Korea at the moment, we decided to dig up a few fun facts about the mysterious nation. Only the phrase "fun facts" doesn't really apply to a place like North Korea. The Telegraph reports that the world’s favorite hermit state is implementing state-sanctioned haircuts for men and women. The clothing has evolved as quickly as the prevailing fashion trends passed. The history of North Korea began at the end of World War II in 1945. Meanwhile, South Koreans have adopted words such as "PC" for personal computer, "handufone" for mobile phone, etc. Trading Economics projects North Korea’s unemployment rate to be an estimated 4.2% as of June 2018. Shop North Korea women's and men's clothing designs. North America bought a tiny 0.3% of North Korean exports. The purpose of this study is to observe how female defectors from North Korea acculturate in South Korean clothing culture and to discuss possible policies to help their cultural settlement. That’s right, no trousers allowed for North Korean women, either; that would be unfeminine. But in recent years it is also used in North Korea. North Korean government has 28 official hairstyles approved and all men and women in the country have to follow the same hairstyles as other hairstyles are banned. Over the past several decades, the government of North Korea has attempted to purge borrowed vocabulary from the lexicon. Spiked hair are exclusively banned because the government thinks it’s rebellious. Given North Korea’s population of 25.2 million people, its total $1.844 billion in 2017 exports translates to roughly $70 for every resident in that country. It's more like "overwhelmingly depressing oddities". It looks a lot of this year’s male Oscar winners wouldn’t survive the Communist state of North Korea without a haircut.. Written Korean has its own alphabet, called Hangul. "North Korean young urbanites are getting culture from the outside world," says Sokeel Park, South Korea country director of research and strategy for human rights group Liberty in North Korea. Here's an example: You can only rock a Kim Jong-un approved haircut.

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Because of the haphazard enforcement of these laws by corrupt police officers, a fine for not wearing state-approved clothing may negate any earnings a woman can make at the market—let alone the penalty for being caught riding a bicycle. North Korean defectors can experience culture shock and feel much pressure to adopt new lifestyle in terms of South Korean mode of fashion.