Khaberni - South Korean local newspapers reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the formation of special teams to prevent women from undergoing breast enlargement surgeries, as well as to arrest the surgeons performing these operations secretly, as part of a "campaign against the growing popularity" of this surgery on the grounds that it is "an anti-socialist practice".
According to the South Korean "Daily NK" newspaper, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has launched "a strict campaign against women who have undergone cosmetic surgeries," particularly breast enlargement surgery.
The newspaper further clarified that special teams have been deployed across the country, where agents in civilian clothes search for doctors performing this operation secretly, as well as for women who appear with "unnaturally large breasts," and then these women are subjected to physical examinations in hospitals to verify whether they have undergone the surgery.
The newspaper also mentioned that women and doctors who are caught face severe penalties that may include imprisonment or forced labor in camps for "anti-socialist behavior".
It should be noted that these cosmetic procedures are increasingly popular in North Korea, but they are classified as "non-socialist" acts, and therefore are banned in public hospitals, leading many people to resort to secret surgeries.
"Anti-socialist" Behavior
According to the "Daily NK" newspaper, last month a surgeon and two of his patients in the city of "Sariwon" (Hwanghae Province) were tried for performing illegal breast enlargement surgeries after a raid on his home where he was performing the surgeries secretly.
During the trial, the prosecutor stated that these women live "in a socialist system, yet they have indulged in bourgeois habits and engaged in reprehensible capitalist activities".
Previously, human rights organizations have condemned North Korea’s approach in restricting individual freedoms, and the International Enemy Organization has confirmed that the North Korean regime exercises "full surveillance" over the lives of its citizens and "strictly limits freedom of expression".
