North Korea bans shorts - but only for women
www.euronews.com
The Asian nation is well known for their bans, but the forbidding of shorts might be the oddest one yet - especially during a heatwave.
  • LesbianLiberty [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    293·
    1 year ago

    Radio Free Asia, a broadcasting service which aims to get the bottom of propaganda put out by totalitarian countries, interviewed an anonymous resident.

    Goddamnit

    • bro@lemm.ee
      4·
      1 year ago

      Is that why she’s also wearing a long sleeve shirt and turtle neck?

  • EmotionalSupportLancet [undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
    182·
    1 year ago

    If you read this “journalism” uncritically you are literally the npc meme.

    What the actual fuck is leaking into brains that makes people read this shit and make them completely forgo the “is this propaganda” question.

  • DessertStorms@kbin.social
    134·
    1 year ago

    Tankies are out in full force today I see…

    I’m as anti American as they get, but to go from that to pretending that any and all reports about places that happen to be anti-American (but in no shape or form pro anyone but the dictator and his minions) must be false because “CIA” (who actually do legit horrific things but tankies sleep during those) is the most not only ridiculous (and so so fucking western, which is ironic af), but actively counterproductive stance I could imagine taking.

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
      81·
      1 year ago

      I understand why people are skeptical. The source is Radio Free Asia which is literal US propaganda. I’m not super familiar with their reporting standards though. Even propaganda can have different levels of trustworthiness.

      Edit: looks like they editorialize but reporting is largely factual, assuming this source is accurate: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/radio-free-asia/

        • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
          41·
          1 year ago

          I don’t think it should be dismissed but it’s important to keep in mind that its primary goal is to promote the interests of the US government. That doesn’t mean it’s false but what stories they cover and the way they are covered will reflect that agenda.

          • DessertStorms@kbin.social
            11·
            1 year ago

            No shit, but every story covered by any outlet reflects a fucking agenda, that’s the point of propaganda.

            That still doesn’t explain the apologist tankie dumpster fire happening in these comments.

            Seriously, what does it take in someone’s brain to switch and go “I know, today I’ll make excuses for an evil authoritarian regime!”, and what does it take to then be a level down and make excuses for them?

            • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
              1·
              1 year ago

              Not all news is propaganda. But yes, every news outlet has a particular viewpoint they are reporting from. For some that shines through stronger than others. Awareness of what that viewpoint is and what their goals are is an important part of media literacy. I don’t see discussions on that as making excuses for anyone, it’s just useful information.

  • krimsonbun@lemmy.ml
    113·
    1 year ago

    I hate north korea as much as the next guy but this don’t sound too real to me brotha imma be honest

    • CascadeOfLight [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      You shouldn’t! Here is a link to a podcast about Korea, I highly recommend listening to it although I warn you the content is pretty heavy.

      Furthermore, the DPRK is democratic (whereas the ROK was not for the first 37 years of its 70 year existence - and now it's "democratic" the way the US claims to be)

    • DessertStorms@kbin.social
      55·
      1 year ago

      “I hate this dictatorship as much as the next person, but I find it extremely hard to believe that it would impose arbitrary rules that marginalise women”

      What world do you live in where misogynistic dress codes imposed by a patriarchal society (so essentially all of them) are somehow “unbelievable”?

      Like, this isn’t even accusing them of the serious crimes they commit, why are you people so quick to defend an oppressive state? (E: especially considering the flag in your profile which should mean you think all states are oppressive, which makes the whole thing even more bizarre)

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Radio Free Asia, a broadcasting service which aims to get the bottom of propaganda put out by totalitarian countries, interviewed an anonymous resident.

    Although the regime in North Korea demands total loyalty to Jong-Un, one ‘subject’ told the radio station that 10 women had been arrested in the country, simply for wearing above-the-knee trousers.

    At the time, a north Pyongan resident revealed that two women had been fined for smoking outside while they ate and were warned that if they were caught again, they could be imprisoned at a disciplinary labour centre for a month.

    In Japan, authority figures have long imposed strict regulations on what school students can wear - down to the colour of their underwear, the length of their socks and even hairstyles.

    Girls are banned from wearing their hair in ponytails as it’s thought, bizarrely, that exposing the nape of their necks could ‘sexually excite’ male students.

    Some schools are so tough on the latter that they demand photographic proof from students of their natural hair colour and texture, if it isn’t strictly black and straight.

    I’m a bot and I’m open source!

  • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    So is this article another one that uses Radio Free Asia as a source?

    'cos I don’t know shit about North Korea but I don’t trust any news source that is owned and run by the CIA.

    Edit:

    Radio Free Asia, a broadcasting service which aims to get the bottom of propaganda put out by totalitarian countries, interviewed an anonymous resident.

    Called it.