• dead [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    31·
    8 months ago

    The DailyMail article claims a number of myths about DPRK including that blue jeans are censored/banned, citizens are required to have government approved haircuts, women aren’t allowed to wear shorts, dogs banned as pets. The article cites Radio Free Asia and DailyNK, both US government funded. Exactly what you would expect, US funded misinformation.

    Since people are commenting on dogs, I found this article from KCNA, news website hosted by DPRK. This article was published October 27, 2023. The national dog breed of DPRK is Phungsan. The article says that it is common for people to raise Phungsan dogs at workplaces, villages, and houses.

    Pyongyang, October 27 (KCNA) – The interest in Phungsan dog is growing among the Korean people, and the number of people raising Phungsan dogs is increasing in different parts of the DPRK, to say nothing of the place of origin.

    Sariwon City, North Hwanghae Province, in particular, is a well-known place in the country as the Phungsan dog show is held there every year. It is a common practice in Sariwon City to raise Phungsan dogs at workplaces, villages and houses.

    The show is now under way in the city amid the interest of many fans and experts. This year’s show is the tenth of its kind since the first show was held in 2014.

    The Phungsan dog is loved by the Korean people as one of the national symbols reflecting the excellent character of the Korean nation, thanks to the noble patriotic intention of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

    The purebred Phungsan dog has been widely spread in Sariwon City and other parts of North Hwanghae Province with the show as an occasion.

    According to examiners of the Phungsan dog show who are making tour of various places for the examination, the number of Phungsan dogs participating in the show is on the increase every year.

    The dog, highly appreciated at the show, is used to propagate its species drawing the attention of many fans and experts.

    Meanwhile, Sariwon Kye Ung Sang University of Agriculture is conducting a brisk research for preserving and propagating the purebred Phungsan dog

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/59ff167348aa7bab60621a1741c8f65dd04690624a66d9e700a256eba886aebe.kcmsf

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pungsan_dog

    • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      25·
      8 months ago

      According to NK News, international kennel clubs consider Pungsan dogs as “little more than a local Spitz-type variant of Siberian huskies, only less physically impressive and with behavioral issues”.

      Well that sounds like a biased description 🤔

      • SSJ2Marx@hexbear.netEnglish
        21·
        8 months ago

        Shit like this is why every European country has like five or more recognized indigenous dog breeds, but other countries us-foreign-policy are lucky to have one even though dogs have been raised by basically every single human civilization.

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      18·
      8 months ago

      I think that jeans actually are banned, though the rest is obviously false. At least, the tourist videos that generally said “all that stuff is a myth” usually reaffirm the jeans ban thing.

      • SSJ2Marx@hexbear.netEnglish
        23·
        8 months ago

        Seems like it’s just blue jeans that they don’t like, a swedish company actually exported black jeans from the DPRK for a time back in the 2000s.

      • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        13·
        8 months ago

        Uncritical support for jeans bans, the worst sort of pants. I don’t think they actually are banned though, I think it’s just the embargo so they have domestic pant-manufacturing industries.