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Kim Jong-un Targets Cosmetic Surgery with Gulag Threats

10/2/2025

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Kim Jong-un threatened to send women to gulags for undergoing breast augmentation, calling it 'un-socialist'.
In Sariwon, authorities were ordered to inspect women for cosmetic surgery amid a public trial of two women and their surgeon.
Breast augmentations remain illegal in North Korea; rising demand has prompted a public-security crackdown, including undercover investigations into home clinics.

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Kim Jong-un threatened to send women to gulags for undergoing breast augmentation, calling it 'un-socialist'.
In Sariwon, authorities were ordered to inspect women for cosmetic surgery amid a public trial of two women and their surgeon.
Breast augmentations remain illegal in North Korea; rising demand has prompted a public-security crackdown, including undercover investigations into home clinics.