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We Went To North Korea To Get A Haircut

Boy Boy · 4.2M views · 2017-04-22 · 20:25

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Two Australian YouTubers travel to North Korea and get a haircut while examining how Western media sensationalizes stories about the country.

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Cited as a satirical counterpoint to Western news claims about North Korea, including debunking the compulsory haircut myth.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2022–2026

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jonas-w · 2023-03 · Recommendation

Stuff made here I mada a 100MPH flying hoop - [LINK] Boy Boy "We went to North Korea to get a haircut" [VIDEO] "Ukraine: The avoidable war" [LINK] Also one of the people behind boy boy: I did a thing - [LINK]

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9999px · 2026-07 · Reference

DPRK is obviously maligned by U.S. propaganda, but I know several people who've gone and loved it. Famously, the "Boy Boy" YouTube channel guys went and got a haircut. [VIDEO]

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ranguna · 2023-09 · Reference

Here's a thought, maybe all those news are "fake news"? The original article talks about China misinformation in Taiwan. Maybe western society is running the same thing to China. Like like they did for North Korea. Remember the "people can only get certain types of haircuts in North Korea"? Fake news, and I believed it at the time. So now I'm always sceptical on what I read from western news talking about Asian countries. Here's an interesting satire about this [VIDEO]

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