 He has committed crimes against humanity and now a crime against good taste. North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un has ordered the country’s 10million men to get the same haircut as him. The bizarre decree was introduced in state-sanctioned guidelines in the capital Pyongyang two weeks ago.   Barbers in Britain would probably call it the ‘Wrong-un’. In North Korea such talk can cost your life. But if anything can stir his long-suffering people into revolt, surely this will. With its buzz-cut sides and slick centre parting his hairdo is never going to earn admirers. It is now being rolled out across the country and grumblings of discontent are surfacing.   One source told Radio Free Asia: ‘Our leader’s haircut is very particular, if you will. It doesn’t always go with everyone since everyone has different face and head shapes.’ Until the latest restrictive policy, women were allowed to choose from 18 styles and men could pick from ten. In 2005 it emerged that North Korea launched an offensive on the ‘wrong’ haircuts that included a series on state TV entitled Let Us Trim Our Hair In Accordance With Socialist Lifestyle.   Mark Coray, of the National Hairdressers’ Federation, said Kim’s haircut is ‘not very fashionable’. ‘It’s not very nice but I’m sure he likes it,’ he said. ‘If the Queen said all women have to have the same hairstyle as her we would get very bored.’ In solidarity with the people of North Korea, Metro’s graphics wizards have come up with some alternative crops. Metro
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