Weird News

[Carruthers]

Weird news? Well, perhaps not strictly speaking, but definitely odd, farcical and slightly sinister.

North Korean officials paid a visit to a London hair salon to question why it had used their leader Kim Jong-un's picture in a poster offering haircuts.

The poster in M&M Hair Academy in South Ealing featured the words "Bad Hair Day?" below the leader's picture.

Barber Karim Nabbach said embassy officials were shown the door and the salon's manager spoke to the police.

North Korean officials visit salon over Kim Jong-un 'bad hair' advert


And....

The Enigma that is North Korea moves in mysterious ways:

According to the Independent, the BBC has struck a deal with North Korea’s totalitarian regime to air three programs from the British television network: "Dr. Who," "Top Gear" and "Teletubbies." After several months of negotiations, the three shows were reportedly selected by the North Korean leadership to be considered for legal distribution.

Now what, in the name of sanity, is the North Korean government doing showing 'Top Gear' to its hapless populace? Is it psychological warfare of some particularly ghastly kind?
Perhaps subjecting the hordes to the odious Jeremy Clarkson will deter them from entertaining thoughts of defecting to the bourgeois capitalist West. A bizarre choice which ever way you look at it, so to speak.

BBC's 'Doctor Who', 'Top Gear' And 'Teletubbies' Might Get Their North Korean Debut