Illustrated guides have appeared in hair salons across.

North korean women's hairstyles. Unmarried women are only allowed to choose from short above-the-shoulder styles but married women are more diverse. David Guttenfelder AP. They can go with classy curls or even increase the length up to a point of course.

The thick leaf shaped bang gives a different look altogether. Some of the women here favour longer hair which is less common. According to Finnish journalist Mika Mäkeläinen who is currently on a tour of North Korea there are 15 sanctioned haircuts women can choose from.

Spiky crops are among North Koreas banned styles. Married women have been told to keep their hair short while singletons can have longer locks. 0712 EDT 21 February 2013 Updated.

In true North Korean fashion women are encouraged to choose from 18 officially sanctioned hairstyles and men only get ten By Tara Brady. North Korean women have their hair styled at a salon at Munsu Water Park in Pyongyang which was unveiled by Kim Jong-un last year. North Korean men and women have a choice of just 15 approved hairstyles it has been claimed.

Apart from these as the representative hairstyles for North Korean women there are styles such as hambak-kkot meori peony style a style with a tight perm put into the mid-layers of the hair okryu meori okryu style perming and setting long hair then dragging up the sides on top of the head and decorating with hairpins yang teol meori wool style a style where short hair is curled like wool and daehaksaeng meori. The Telegraph reports that the worlds favorite hermit state is implementing. The style is just so chic and eccentric.

In fact many of the freshest and boldest styles are copped from Asian beauties so scroll below for top 30 hottest Asian hairstyles. But what about men. This image is going viral as people marvel at the strange and sad realities for citizens of the mysterious country.