"Propaganda of individualism": The DPRK declared war on private hairdressers

Journalists cite a source from the province of Northern Hamgen, which reported that since August, the country's law enforcement agencies have begun to close private hairdressers and beauty salons. Therefore, clients now have to visit public institutions. "Along with the repression, the authorities forces private hairdressers and hairdressers to work on providers in the state," the source said.

According to him, private salons are sufficiently popular in the DPRK among young people, because in them young people can do with their appearance everything they like. At the same time, state hairdressers in North Korea offer customers a fixed line of possible services and styles for little money, so they are used by older and poorer people.

Despite the official arguments of the fight against private salons, it should be noted that the declared war on private hairdressers may have other reasons. The fact is that in North Korea, unlike state organizations that should pay taxes to the state, private hairdressers and beauty salons do not pay any taxes, so owners can leave all the money earned.

Thus, many enterprising citizens of the country have begun to open private institutions to make a living after the consequences of a difficult economic crisis in a country known as a "difficult hike". However, the DPRK's authorities have strictly pursued privateers, considering them a source of illegal earnings.

At the end of August, the authorities began intense fight against commercial haircuts in homes or on the streets, warning that "private hairdressers and beauty salons are a product of individualism and antisocialist and non -socialist behavior that promotes social instability and disorder. " For their business activities, citizens can be fined 100,000 North Korean or criminal prosecution.