North Korea censors Alan Titchmarsh's trousers on BBC gardening show
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North Korea is known to illegally stream western TV shows including Premier League football, and on Korean Central Television it recently aired an old episode of the BBC programme Gardening Secrets.
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    8 months ago

    The censoring is said to be linked to Kim Jong Un’s regime’s efforts to restrict Western fashion and culture in North Korea, NKNews reports.

    Blue jeans are said to be a sign of the West, according to the outlet, and have been essentially banned since the 1990s.

    … What the fuck? Do they only wear cargo pants or something?