{"id":65619,"date":"2025-11-26T18:49:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=65619"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:37:20","slug":"n-korean-military-unit-cracks-down-on-soldiers-using-private-barbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korean-military-unit-cracks-down-on-soldiers-using-private-barbers\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean military unit cracks down on soldiers using private barbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Units of the 25th Brigade of the North Korean border guard based in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, have recently begun cracking down harder on its soldiers using private barbers, designating it a violation of discipline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCrackdowns have hardened on border guard soldiers using private barbers,\u201d a Daily NK source in Ryanggang province said recently. \u201cSoldiers weren\u2019t supposed to use private barbers to begin with, but whereas things used to end with mere warnings, penalties are higher now, with soldiers being punished and even squad commanders being punished by association.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, border guard soldiers have long used private barbers in residential villages outside their bases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting one\u2019s hair done on base usually means getting a rough cut by senior soldiers with hair clippers, resulting in a rugged look with gaps. Accordingly, soldiers avoid getting their hair done on base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, with haircut regulations relaxing in 2023, permitting personnel to grow their hair to 3 centimeters, soldiers began using off-base barbers even more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Strict enforcement and collective punishment<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, units recently intensified restrictions on using private barbers, regarding it as a violation of discipline, and are reemphasizing the rule that soldiers must cut their hair on base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At one border control unit in Hyesan early this month, commanders used the lecture hour to remind soldiers of the \u201ctotal ban on using private barbers,\u201d sternly warning the audience that if soldiers are caught using private barbers, they and even their squad commanders will be punished.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nonetheless, some soldiers sneak away during their guard duty to visit private barbers. On Nov. 10, one soldier did just that, only to get caught by his platoon commander in a surprise duty inspection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately, the soldier had to serve 10 days of continuous guard duty, as did his squad commander, as a form of collective punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe harsher punishments for using private barbers are aimed at firmly establishing internal military discipline by strictly dealing with even minor infractions with the start of the winter drills in December and ahead of the Ninth Party Congress next year,\u201d the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Impossible to police<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, soldiers have stopped going to private barbers in off-base villages, and barbers who used to make money cutting soldiers\u2019 hair have seen a drastic drop in their income.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, people believe that soldiers will once again frequent private barbershops soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople say that soldiers are being careful right now because of the punishments, but they\u2019ll start going to private barbers again when controls ease over time,\u201d the source said. \u201cSoldiers who used to get their hair done as they like at private barbers won\u2019t be pleased with the rough cuts they get on base.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20251120-4\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Units of the 25th Brigade of the North Korean border guard based in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, have recently begun cracking down harder on its soldiers using private barbers, designating it a violation of discipline. \u201cCrackdowns have hardened on border guard soldiers using private barbers,\u201d a Daily NK source in Ryanggang province said recently. \u201cSoldiers weren\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":40528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,1360],"tags":[1354,222,271,691,738,972,1124],"class_list":["post-65619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-society","tag-winter","tag-border","tag-ryanggang-province","tag-military","tag-hyesan","tag-finance","tag-crackdowns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N. 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