Archive · 2 Oct 2025
North Korea Cracks Down on Breast Implants
North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, has ordered a crackdown on women getting breast implants.
The government views this as going against socialist principles.
Authorities are now checking women to find those who've had the surgery.
A doctor and two women were publicly tried, accused of behaving in a ‘rotten capitalist’ way.
Surgical tools, silicone and cash were displayed as evidence.
Some residents criticized the doctor for making money, while others said he was trying to survive.
The crackdown is part of a wider effort to stop ‘bourgeois ideology’ in North Korea.
Kim Jong Un ordered a crackdown on cosmetic surgery.
Focus is on women suspected of having breast implants.
The surgeries are considered ‘anti-socialist’.
Officials are ordered to identify women who had the procedure.
A doctor and two women were involved in a public trial.
- Who
- Kim Jong Un, security services, neighborhood watch, a doctor and two women
- What
- Crackdown on cosmetic surgery, specifically breast implants
- When
- July to end of September 2025 (crackdown period)
- Where
- North Korea
- Why
- To suppress ‘bourgeois ideology’ and ‘rotten capitalist behaviour’
Government
Citizens
Reason for crackdown
Government
Suppress bourgeois ideology and control vanity.
Citizens
Lack of economic opportunities leading to desire for change.
- Action
- Crackdown on breast implants
- Leader
- Kim Jong Un
- Reason
- Anti-socialist and bourgeois behavior
- Involvement
- Security services, neighborhood watch
- Evidence
- Surgical equipment, silicone, cash
