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North Korean women sporting fake tattoos?

By Nathan Schwartzman Mar 06, 2010 11:52AM UTC

Relying on a Radio Free America report, the Chosun Ilbo passes along this photo, allegedly snapped by an American in Pyongyang, showing three North Korean women wearing stockings that have fake tattoos – or something – printed on them.

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I can’t tell from these photos, but they look like patterns on stockings to me.
Eddie Provencher

“Fake tattoos” is really a misnomer. “Patterns on stockings” is better.
Anonymous

it is on the stockings. north koreans would be sent
to work camps for having a tattoo.
Anonymous

That’s nothing I want to see some North Korean tramp stamps.
danb

first saw this here a few months ago:
http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/12/10/friday-fun-the-times-they-are-a-changin/

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