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WTH? Are you serious? Hard labor if not!
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North Korean women face hard labor<\/strong> if caught wearing trousers rather than skirts, under the communist regime\u2019s latest crackdown on public morals, South Korean activists said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Offenders can be punished with hours of forced labor or fines of 700 won,<\/strong> almost a week\u2019s salary for the average worker, human rights group Good Friends said, citing its own sources within the isolated nation.<\/p>\n

The Stalinist leadership\u2019s campaign is angering women who see skirts as less practical than trousers, Good Friends director Lee Seung-Yong said.
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\n\u201cWomen are told to wear skirts in public places and in the streets, sparking complaints among them as they often have to work in tough conditions,\u201d he said. Disciplinary officials from students\u2019 bodies and women\u2019s organizations stand at street corners during the morning rush hour and lunch breaks, to keep watch for any women violating the pants ban<\/a>,<\/strong> according to Good Friends.<\/p>\n

Uriminzokkiri, an official North Korean website, noted on Monday that ruler Kim Jong-Il had issued a decree in 1986 urging women to wear traditional Korean attire.
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It quoted Kim as saying the country\u2019s traditional skirts and jackets are a \u201csource of our (national) pride\u201d and that women should be \u201cactively encouraged\u201d to wear them.
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