Of all the bullshit North Korea stories that have gotten play in the West (NK has nuclear zombies, discovering a unicorn, executing their Olympic soccer team, executing all their nuclear scientists ... I could go on), the haircut stories are honestly the funniest becuase it changes every time depending on how some white guy interprets the stuff on a Korean salon's wall. Like depending on the Western source you either have to get Kim's haircut or your forbidden from getting it, there might be 6, 10 or 20 allowable haircuts or those same haircuts are forbidden for being too Western, maybe ladies all have to get men's haircuts or ladies aren't allowed it salons at all becuase only men's hairstyles are on the wall.

And this has all been published in supposedly reputable Western papers, the real batshit crazy stuff that right-wing tabloids in South Korea churns out or the recent claims Yeonmi Park has been putting out never makes it into the mainstream press.