North Korean leader Kim Jong Un launched extensive interventions against cosmetic surgery, and officials allegedly ordered the identification of women suspected of undergoing breast increase procedures. Operations considered as an “anti -socialist” and “bourgeoisie” are officially prohibited in medical institutions in the country.
The Directive comes after a high -ranking exhibition attempt concerning two women under their 20 years, accused of breast implants through an unlicensed surgeon. The residents of Sariwon, the city south of Pyongyang, have been said that the leaders of the Watch neighborhood must now mark women who seem to have undergone surgery to be taken to hospitals for medical controls.
During the court proceedings, the prosecutors accused women of giving away “rotten capitalist behavior” while they lived in the socialist system. Surgical equipment, silicone reportedly imported from China and bundles of seized cash were displayed as evidence. The procedures were reportedly carried out by a former medical student who were caught by secret officers acting as patients.
Eyewitnesses said the South Korean Daily Daily outflow that the defendants and the accused had been buried on the open scene in front of a large crowd, where the judge condemned the breast enlargement as a “non -socialist act”. Women admitted that they had undergone procedures because “wanted to improve their bodies”.
Quote TelegraphThe report noted that public opinion in court proceedings was mixed – while some criticized the doctor for persecution of money, others sympathized and pointed to the lack of economic opportunities.
The campaign is part of the wider state of efforts to suppress what Pyongyang considers to be the spread of “bourgeois ideology”. The Public Security Department in North Korea reportedly announced the procedure order in July, which lasted until the end of September 2025, for an increase in demand for cosmetic surgery in women in the age of 20 and 30.
Since then, the authorities have created a special working group to target “anti -socialist acts”, and officers are reportedly concealed to catch doctors and clients.
If they are convicted, women may face a harsh punishment, including imprisonment or forced labor.
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