US ambassador’s moustache gets up South Korea’s nose
Harry Harris has been criticised for his facial hair, which reminds many South Koreans of the days of Japanese colonial rule
Tensions may be running high on the Korean peninsula, but Harry Harris’s facial hair is vying with denuclearisation as the defining theme of his tenure as US ambassador to South Korea.
Harris, a former navy admiral who was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and an American navy officer, has been accused of insulting his hosts by growing a moustache that reminds many South Koreans of the days of Japanese colonial rule.