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Started by jimmy olsen, March 25, 2013, 09:57:54 PM

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QuoteNorth Korea: Men required to get Kim Jong-un haircuts



Men in North Korea are now required to get the same haircut as their leader Kim Jong-un, it is reported.

The state-sanctioned guidelines were introduced in the capital Pyongyang about two weeks ago, media reports say. They are now being rolled out across the country - although some people have reservations about getting the look.

"Our leader's haircut is very particular, if you will," one source tells Radio Free Asia. "It doesn't always go with everyone since everyone has different face and head shapes." Meanwhile, a North Korean now living in China says the look is actually unpopular at home because people think it resembles Chinese smugglers. "Until the mid-2000s, we called it the 'Chinese smuggler haircut'," the Korea Times reports.

It seems that haircuts have been state-approved in North Korea for some time - until now people were only allowed to choose from 18 styles for women and 10 for men. Earlier, North Korea's state TV launched a campaign against long hair, called "Let us trim our hair in accordance with the Socialist lifestyle".

Late leader Kim Jong-il, who ruled North Korea for 17 years, sported a bouffant hairstyle, reportedly in order to look taller.

The Kim Jong-un haircut; for today's socialist lifestyle.
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garbon

Does that one source think the hair cut actually looks good on dear leader? :unsure:
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garbon

Quote from: Grey Fox on March 26, 2014, 10:42:11 AM
Those women in that picture, all want to suck his dick. That old dude too. That other dude did it & was not impressed.

I don't think they are all like DGuller is with Obama. :unsure:
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jimmy olsen

Quote from: Jacob on March 06, 2014, 12:30:09 AM
Thanks for the link. I'll let you know if I'm there, and whether it'll be during the weekend. Still in the planning stages.
Depending on the date a weekday might be possible.
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jimmy olsen

#605
It's amazing how uneven my Korean vocabulary is. I pick up vocabulary while teaching in class, but it's usually when I'm explaining something which means I learn more difficult words and no simple ones.

For instance I know the words for flood, drought, hail, sleet and waterspout but I don't know the word for rain. Most Korean 1st year highschool students don't even know the Korean for the last two.  :lol:
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Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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alfred russel

Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 02, 2014, 09:41:25 PM
It's amazing how uneven my Korean vocabulary is.
It isn't amazing that after 5 years of language immersion you know a few sort of tricky words. It is amazing that after 5 years it don't know the basics.

Korea is wasted on Tim.
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-garbon, February 23, 2014

jimmy olsen

#607
4 years.

Everyone talks to me in English. I know enough Korean to get around at stores and such. Where, what, when questions and the like.

Phonetically it's very difficult to make out the vowels. They're very different from English and often I can't distinguish what they're saying. I still find out I'm pronouncing/hearing words wrong that I've known since I got here. The state department lists this as one of the hardest languages for an English speaker to learn, up there with Mandarin.

Japanese would have been a lot easier, their vowels are simple and easy to hear. Of course their writing system is much harder while the Korean alphabet is easy to learn.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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alfred russel

Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 02, 2014, 10:29:17 PM
4 years.

Everyone talks to me in English. I know enough Korean to get around at stores and such. Where, what, when questions and the like.

I'm seeing the trends and projecting your language capabilities for next year.

And yes Tim, I know you have to make some minimal effort to learn the local language.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

Monoriu

Quote from: alfred russel on April 02, 2014, 10:14:06 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 02, 2014, 09:41:25 PM
It's amazing how uneven my Korean vocabulary is.
It isn't amazing that after 5 years of language immersion you know a few sort of tricky words. It is amazing that after 5 years it don't know the basics.

Korea is wasted on Tim.

I always speak to a foreigner in English whenever I see one in HK.  The rule is, if there is one foreigner in a meeting, everybody speaks English.  Shame on anyone who cannot do so.  The whole point is, we learn English to accommodate them, not the other way round.  That's why they are here to teach our kids English. 

Valmy

What if there was a foreign looking person who was not a foreigner, grew up in Hong Kong, and spoke native level Cantonese.  Is that a thing or would that confuse and freak out people?
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jimmy olsen

#611
Quote from: Valmy on April 02, 2014, 10:53:01 PM
What if there was a foreign looking person who was not a foreigner, grew up in Hong Kong, and spoke native level Cantonese.  Is that a thing or would that confuse and freak out people?
Sometimes you speak in what you know is for sure correct Korean and they just look at you with blank eyes not understanding you because Korean coming from a foreign just isn't a thing that could possibly happen.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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alfred russel

Quote from: Monoriu on April 02, 2014, 10:45:28 PM

I always speak to a foreigner in English whenever I see one in HK.  The rule is, if there is one foreigner in a meeting, everybody speaks English.  Shame on anyone who cannot do so.  The whole point is, we learn English to accommodate them, not the other way round.  That's why they are here to teach our kids English.

I get the dynamic, but Tim is over there long term. Aside from making his day to day life easier with all the Koreans that don't speak English, he is going to seem either odd or lazy to live there so long and not learn the language. If he plans to stay longer, he really needs to learn the language to integrate with a wife and family.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

Monoriu

Quote from: Valmy on April 02, 2014, 10:53:01 PM
What if there was a foreign looking person who was not a foreigner, grew up in Hong Kong, and spoke native level Cantonese.  Is that a thing or would that confuse and freak out people?

Yeah, there are lots of these people, and they never cease to freak me out.  Even if I hear perfect Cantonese from, say, a Brit, I always respond in English. 

Syt

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