South Korea moves to legalize miniskirts

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  1. Quigley_Sharps

    Quigley_Sharps The Badministrator Administrator Founding Member

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    SEOUL (Reuters) - Hot pants and miniskirts will soon be legal in South Korea.

    The country 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, officials said.

    "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 unauthorized dancing.

    The rules stayed on the books as South Korea moved to an open democracy in the late 1980s, but were no longer enforced.

    Now miniskirts are about as common as traffic jams in the capital of Seoul and police have long given up on measuring the distance from knees to hemlines.
     
  2. Tracy

    Tracy Insatiably Curious Moderator Founding Member

    Perhaps miniskirts are the cause of traffic jams?;)
     
  3. Valkman

    Valkman Knifemaker Moderator Emeritus Founding Member

    Damn, what's next? Hooters?? We can only hope! :D
     
  4. TailorMadeHell

    TailorMadeHell Lurking Shadow Creature

    I can see where it would be a problem doing all that work to measure to see if the skirt was long enough. I mean the eye strain alone would get ya. ;)
     
  5. Conagher

    Conagher Dark Custom Rider Moderator Emeritus Founding Member

    At least they're moving ahead in the right direction:D
     
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