QUIRKY WORLD...Mandatory Kim Jong-un haircut rumours cut short

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s distinctive hairstyle has become a major talking point on the internet, thanks to a viral report that every male university student in the capital is under orders to get a buzz just like it.

However, it appears the barbers of Pyongyang are not exactly sharpening their scissors. Recent visitors to the country say they have seen no evidence of any mass haircutting and North Korea watchers smell another imaginative, but uncorroborated rumour.