This is the truth about what happens when you try and wear makeup in North Korea.
involves meetings with authority members to confess your shortcomings. A long haircut would have never gotten past the school teacher she was assigned to confess to — it would have just made things worse. “If you broke the rules, you’d have to go more often,” Hye-soo says.Beauty is bigger than lipstick — it’s a way to incite a revolution in the longest running communist dynasty in the world.For Danbi, the temptation was too much.
But the risks associated with smuggling in items were far more serious than just buying, wearing, or using them. “I got caught many times when I was smuggling,” Danbi says. She could typically bribe her way out of individual arrests, but when the regime targeted her whole operation in a sting, things got much worse. “Thirty of us, including myself, my friend, and family, got arrested at dawn,” she says. At this point, she was 17 and she and her older brother Namhoon* were working together.
Illegal goods act as tools for rebellion, but it doesn’t end there. “Jobs are created by those beauty products,” Danbi explains. “There are self-taught people who make their living by doing makeup. They purchase beauty products and make money by providing their service for weddings, first meetings between the bride and groom's family, and 60th birthday parties.
But with heavy policing and extreme punishment, where do these beauty exchanges actually happen? Song says the marketplaces where you’d find these goods, called, are “camouflage capitalism” at work, something Liberty in North Korea has been tracking. Sellers make large orders from women like Danbi and sell them for slightly more to their customers to make a profit.
Indonesia Berita Terbaru, Indonesia Berita utama
Similar News:Anda juga dapat membaca berita serupa dengan ini yang kami kumpulkan dari sumber berita lain.
Biegun says still believes North Korea can make decision to denuclearizeU.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun said on Wednesday the...
Baca lebih lajut »
Music Artists Coalition & Songwriters of North America Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Copyright Royalty Rate Hike
Baca lebih lajut »
Another Confederate monument comes down, this time in North CarolinaA Confederate monument that had stood in front of a North Carolina courthouse for 112 years was taken down overnight after months of debate and protests.
Baca lebih lajut »
North America's economy is the most resilient against climate changeClimate change will have an impact on economic growth over the next decade — and not for the better. North America is no exception, but it is better off than the rest of the world.
Baca lebih lajut »
JoJo Siwa Defends North West For Rocking a Nose Ring (Exclusive)The 16-year-old dancer co-hosted 'The Download' on ET Live on Tuesday.
Baca lebih lajut »