Hot Pants and Miniskirts in Korea

November 3rd, 2006 by Maria

I can’t believe my eyes when I read that Hot Pants and Miniskirts are not legal in South Korea. How could this happen in this century?

Anyway, ladies, worry not. They will soon be legal in South Korea. South Korea is in the final stages of revising an indecency law that prohibits people from wearing revealing outfits and was once enforced by ruler-wielding police during authoritarian governments in the 1970s.

Hot Pants & Miniskirts

“The law for excessive exposure does not match our current society,” said Kim Jae-kwang, an official with the Korea Legislation Research Institute.

Under authoritarian rule, police could arrest or fine women for their fashion choices. They also took scissors to men whose hair they felt was too long and tossed people in jail for unauthorised dancing.

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It’s a good move for the South Korean government to allow hot pants and miniskirts. Not only this will help the fashion industry, this will also benefit the men… haha… you know what I mean, right?

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