North Korean women are being searched for breast implants after they were described as being ‘un-socialist’ and ‘bourgeois’.
Communist Party members in the city of Sariwon have been ordered to conduct physical examinations of women suspected to have undergone breast augmentation surgery amid fears they have ‘become tainted by bourgeois customs’.
Those suspected will be taken to hospital for examinations and were warned of strict punishments by Kim Jong Un‘s government if found to have had the procedure, according to South Korean news outlet Daily NK.
Breast augmentations are considered as ‘non-socialist behavior’ in North Korea and are banned from being carried out official medical institutions.
Two women in their 20s appeared on public trial last week after allegedly having breast augmentation surgery from a surgeon who dropped out of medical school.
They were caught after officers from Sariwon’s public safety department went undercover and witnessed the doctor performing surgeries at his own home.
All three were paraded in front of crowds during the trial, which was also shown evidence including medical instruments used by the doctor during the surgeries, imported silicone, and wads of cash.
The two women claimed they underwent the surgery to improve their bodies, but the judge dismissed this, saying they were instead ‘obsessed with vanity’.
North Korean women are being searched for breast implants in the city of Sariwon (pictured)
‘Women living in a socialist system have become tainted by bourgeois customs and are engaging in rotten capitalist behavior,’ the prosecutor added.
The judge defined breast augmentation surgery as an ‘unsocialist act’ and warned of strict punishment for the women if they are found guilty.
The judge said the women ‘had no intention of being loyal to the organisation and group, but was obsessed with vanity and ended up becoming a poisonous weed that was eating away at the socialist system.’
The doctor had supposedly majored in surgery at medical school but dropped out.
