North Korea: only four clothes colours allowed in Kim’s drab capital

[bijou]

A prominent Chinese writer has provided a rare insider’s account of the Orwellian routine that governs the daily lives of North Korea’s privileged elite in Pyongyang, the capital city.

Writing in the Guofang Shibao (National Defence Journal) last week, Ye Yonglie described a recent official visit to Pyongyang.

Its people gave off a sense of superiority over the rest of North Korea, he wrote. “You are not allowed to live in Pyongyang if you are from a family of bad class or background or if you have slightly different political opinions,” Ye said. “Disabled people are not allowed to live there because they believe that the disabled are bad for the image of the city.”

... Only four colours of clothes are permitted: black, green, blue and white. The government distributes clothing fabric by rank, with an ordinary official receiving enough to tailor one new jacket a year. However, they may buy their own shoes.

“You cannot judge a man’s social status by his clothes, but only by his shoes,” said Ye.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4232063.ece

Even in North Korea people will fnd a way to express their individuality and social status. 

[Chris_]

I thought the whole point of Communism was to create a "classless society"? 

[Lord Undies]

I thought the whole point of Communism was to create a "classless society"? 

Since when have any "selling points" and goals of communism been the truth?

[Chris_]

When the NeoComs in this country are espousing the virtues of places like North Korea and Cuba as justification for new giant steps toward Communism here in America?