Monday, 27 Jul 2020 09:06 PM MYT
SEOUL, July 27 — The US ambassador to South Korea has shaved off his moustache to stay “cool” during the hot summer, months after his facial hair drew unusual criticism from anti-US activists who likened it to those of former Japanese colonial leaders. “I haven’t seen this face in years,” Harris told the barber after the shave. “I feel so much cooler now.”
Early this year, his moustache became a source of criticism from some politicians and anti-US activists who compared it with those of Japanese officials during their 1910-45 colonial rule. Some even linked it to his Japanese-American heritage, as Harris was born to a Japanese mother and an American father.
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