To understand why North Koreans can’t wear jeans, you need to go back to the mid-20th century, right after World War II. Korea was divided into two separate entities—North and South—each ...

North Korea censored a broadcast featuring the English gardening TV host Alan Titchmarsh. It blurred out his legs in an episode where he was wearing jeans. North Korea regards jeans as a symbol of ...

North Korea’s regime is going after women who wear curve-hugging pants. Getty Images. RFA’s anonymous source said the stepped-up crusade against Western trends was announced last month during ...

North Korea is cracking down on skinny jeans and dyed hair to combat capitalist sympathies. ... wear their hair too long, wear tight jeans or T-shirts with foreign words, ...

North Korea’s state broadcaster, KCTV, has blurred out a pair of jeans worn by veteran British TV host Alan Titchmarsh as part of the country’s censorship of foreign fashion and culture.

Denim jeans, a global fashion staple, are banned in North Korea as a symbol of Western influence and capitalist culture. The regime views jeans as emblematic of Western consumerism, which it ...

“To me, fashion is freedom, and I left North Korea because I wanted to be able to wear what I wanted,” she said. The Ministry of Unification in South Korea estimates that 34,000 North Koreans ...

STOCKHOLM — A trio of Swedish entrepreneurs launched a line of designer jeans made in North Korea, ... In 2005, the regime also urged the country’s women to refrain from wearing trousers, ...

North Korea has banned women from wearing pants in public, Radio Free Asia reported Wednesday, citing North Korean sources visiting China.

To understand why North Koreans can’t wear jeans, you need to go back to the mid-20th century, right after World War II. Korea was divided into two separate entities—North and South—each ...