New uniforms for North Korean airline attendants

Want China Times, Staff Reporter 2013-11-15

A flight attendant sporting the new uniform. (Internet Photo)

Air Koryo, North Korea's state-owned airline, has changed the uniforms of their flight attendants, according to the Facebook page of a Beijing-based travel agency that specializes in offering tours to the country, reports the Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper that operates under the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily.

The Facebook page of Koryo Tours shows Air Koryo flight attendants wearing collar-less uniforms that feature a deeper neckline and caps with gold lining. The color of the uniforms was changed from red to navy blue and the skirts are shorter and stop above the knees.

Each attendant is wearing a badge bearing the image of the country's late leader Kim Jong-il. The flight attendants in the new uniforms are associated with the Moranbong Band, an all-female music group formed by the country's new leader Kim Jong-un, according to experts.

The change was reportedly an order given by Kim Jong-un to "meet the demands of the new century."