The poster has become a tourist attraction, the salon claimed
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. The Met Police said: "We have spoken to all parties involved and no offence has been disclosed." The salon put up the poster on 9 April and the next day two men claiming to be officials from the North Korean embassy visited the salon and demanded to meet the manager, Mo Nabbach. Karim Nabbach said: "We put up posters for an offer for men's hair cuts through the month of April. Obviously in the current news there has been this story that North Korean men are only allowed one haircut. Image caption, Karim Nabbach said the advert was "cheeky" "We didn't realise but the North Korean embassy is a 10-minute walk from the salon. The next day we had North Korean officials pop into the salon asking to speak to the manager. "He said 'listen this isn't North Korea, this is England, we live in a democracy so I'm afraid you're going to have to get out of my salon'." The manager later informed the police about the visit by the North Koreans and he was told the embassy had also contacted officers. Media caption, Salon owner's son Karim Nabbach tells Radio 4's PM about the "men in black suits" "We haven't had any trouble since then, if anything the poster has become a tourist attraction," Karim Nabbach said. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's PM programme, he added: "A lot of our loyal clients found it hilarious and people on the street came in and complimented us on it and it drew in a little bit of business. "No-one asked for the 'Un'. "It was never intended to be a political statement, it's all tongue-in-cheek. We were just using it as a cheeky ad campaign." Last month it was reported by Radio Free Asia that male university students in North Korea were now required to get the same haircut as their leader.
World April 16, 2014 / 3:45 PM / AP
North Korea is upset with a London barbershop after it mocked the country's dictator, Kim Jong Un LONDON - North Korea has made a diplomatic appeal to the British government to get a London salon out of its hair. The country's diplomats have complained to the Foreign Office about a hairdressing salon that put up a poster poking fun at distinctively coiffed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The Foreign Office confirmed Wednesday it had received a letter from the North Korean embassy objecting to the poster, and was considering its response. The Evening Standard newspaper reported the letter urged Britain to take "necessary action to stop the provocation." Staff at M&M Hair Academy say they were visited by diplomats from the embassy after putting up a poster last week featuring a picture of Kim - who sports a distinctive short-back-and-sides 'do - and the slogan "Bad Hair Day?"  Barber Karim Nabbach said the salon was inspired by media rumors that North Korean men had been instructed to emulate the leader's hairstyle. He said staff refused the diplomats' request to remove the poster and had reported the incident to police. "We haven't had any trouble since then. If anything, the poster has become a tourist attraction," he said Tuesday - but by Wednesday afternoon the salon was shut and the poster was not visible in the window. The salon's phone rang unanswered. Police said they had spoken to both parties and determined no crime had been committed. The embassy didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. |
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