Plastic P'yŏngyang

"South Korea media often tout North Korean women as 'natural beauties', comparing them favorably to women in the South who increasingly turn to plastic surgery," reports Sunny Lee; "However, lately North Korean women seem to be catching up in the surgery stakes, with the North seeing a boom in various operations" — Pyongyang waitresses sliced to perfection.

And yet Koreans will proudly tell you today so great was the filial piety of their ancestors, that they did not cut their hair as it was inherited from their parents.