# "Heir-apparent's hair's apparent in North Korea capital"

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 14, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heir-apparents-hairs-apparent-in-north-korea-capital/606197 "2011-12-14T17:35:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heir-apparents-hairs-apparent-in-north-korea-capital/606197/1 "2011-12-14T17:35:50Z")

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[A rather mundane news article](http://news.yahoo.com/heir-apparents-hairs-apparent-north-korea-capital-042417059.html), but that headline was way too good to pass up. I don’t have much else to add - just thought some people here would appreciate it. Kudos Reuters - you still got it!

> [@Reuters](#):
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> SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean heir-apparent Kim Jong-un’s slicked-back, high-sided haircut is a fashion hit in Pyongyang where young men are apparently queuing up for a similar cut.
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> Kim, believed to be in his late 20s and known as the “Young General,” is packaged to look like his late grandfather, the secretive state’s founder, Kim Il-sung.
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> The chubby youngest son of the current leader, Kim Jong-il, slicks his hair back at the top, and has it trimmed to the scalp to about an inch above the ears.