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 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 ...

North Korea regards jeans as a symbol of Western imperialism and tries to obscure them in media. North Korea censored footage of the TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh to hide the fact that he was wearing ...

North Korea banned jeans in the 1990s when its then leader Kim Jong-il declared denim trousers had no place in a socialist state. And state broadcasters blurred the illegal clothing from a 2010 ...

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’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.