U.S. Ambassador Defends ‘Offensive’ Mustache, Says It’s a Break From Military Life

The US ambassador to South Korea is in a hairy situation when it comes to maintaining diplomatic relations.

The aptly named envoy, Harry Harris, is getting flak for sporting a mustache — a look that some Koreans find offensive and critics say is reminiscent of oppressive governors-general when Korea was under Japanese rule between 1910 and 1945.

Harris, the highly decorated 40-year U.S. Navy veteran who was nominated by President Trump and confirmed to the post in June, defended his facial hair in an interview last week with The Korea Times.

“I wanted to make a break between my life as a military officer and my new life as a diplomat,” he told the publication in the wide-ranging interview. “I tried to get taller but I couldn’t grow any taller, and so I tried to get younger but I couldn’t get younger. But I could grow a mustache, so I did that.” (Read more from “U.S. Ambassador Defends ‘Offensive’ Mustache, Says It’s a Break From Military Life” HERE)

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