North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have launched a sweeping crackdown on cosmetic surgery , with officials reportedly ordered to identify women suspected of undergoing breast enhancement procedures. The surgeries, considered “anti-socialist” and “bourgeois,” are officially banned in the country’s medical institutions.

The directive comes after a high-profile show trial involving two women in their 20s, accused of having breast implants through an unlicensed backstreet surgeon. Residents of Sariwon, a city south of Pyongyang, were told that neighbourhood watch leaders must now flag women who appear to have had surgery, after which they would be taken to hospitals for medical checks.

During the trial, prosecutors accused the women of indulging in “rotten capitalist behaviour” while living

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