Skincare products featuring the image of the North Korean leader are flying off the shelves in Seoul ahead of a rumoured visitThis may reflect a softening of attitudes in the South – where speaking positively of the North’s government is illegal
Kim-themed moisturising face masks have been flying off the shelves in South Korea’s beauty-obsessed capital amid growing speculation the North Korean leader will visit Seoul this month.
The “Unification Moisture Nuclear Masks” feature an image of Kim on the packaging and are printed with propaganda-style slogans such as “All hail moisture for all women of the North and South!” and “Baekdu Mountain spring water makes skin strong!”
Since then, according to South Korean media, more than 25,000 of the masks – which cost 4,000 won (US$3.
