NKorea complains over barber's Kim Jong Un poster
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LONDON (AP) — 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?"
The poster was advertising a 15 percent discount on men's cuts during April.
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.
北韓男子被勒令劃一要剪領袖金正恩髮型後，英國倫敦一間理髮店決定以此做噱頭，在店門貼上金正恩海報（圖），大字標題「髮型很差？男士4月剪髮85折」作招徠，結果惹來北韓大使館職員多番上門，要求除下「對領導人不敬」的海報。
兩名北韓使館職員上周五到M&M理髮店要求除下海報，店主拒絕，強調「這裏不是北韓，而是英國，我們有民主，請你離開」，北韓人拍照後離開。店主擔心北韓特工會對他不利，馬上除下海報，但市民投訴這有違民主，於是再張貼金正恩海報。北韓人再臨門，店主又除下海報，但在居民反對下又再貼上。店主最後擔心人身安全，惟有到警署備案，警方接觸雙方後指事件無人犯法。
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兩名北韓使館職員上周五到M&M理髮店要求除下海報，店主拒絕，強調「這裏不是北韓，而是英國，我們有民主，請你離開」，北韓人拍照後離開。店主擔心北韓特工會對他不利，馬上除下海報，但市民投訴這有違民主，於是再張貼金正恩海報。北韓人再臨門，店主又除下海報，但在居民反對下又再貼上。店主最後擔心人身安全，惟有到警署備案，警方接觸雙方後指事件無人犯法。
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in (or out of) someone's hair
• informal Annoying (or ceasing to annoy) someone:they sent him to America, just to get him out of their hair
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- I've really enjoyed working on the piece, but I'm very, very glad to get it out of my hair, at least temporarily…
- I was sort of glad to get these guys out of my hair for a few hours, a day or two.
- Her parents were probably more than glad to get her out of their hair.
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