{"id":1630,"date":"2025-10-05T21:18:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2025-10-05T21:18:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:18:24","slug":"kim-jong-un-has-banned-breast-augmentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/kim-jong-un-has-banned-breast-augmentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong-un bans breast augmentation in the DPRK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"600\">Breast augmentation has been banned in North Korea: Kim Jong-un calls implants \u00abrotting capitalism\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"853\">In North Korea, the authorities have launched a campaign against plastic surgery, including breast augmentation. <strong>Kim Jong-un<\/strong> called the implants an \u00abanti-socialist manifestation\u00bb and \u00abrotting capitalism,\u00bb according to <strong data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"813\">New York Post<\/strong> with reference to the South Korean media.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"858\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"888\">The trial of women and a doctor<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"890\" data-end=\"1098\">According to the publication <strong data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"923\">Chosun Ilbo<\/strong>, In the city of Sarivon, a public trial was held in which two young women and a doctor who allegedly performed illegal breast augmentation surgeries were put on trial.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1242\">During the hearing, North Korean officials displayed medical instruments, implants and money as \u00abevidence of capitalist behaviour\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1341\">For such actions, defendants face severe penalties ranging from forced labour to imprisonment.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1343\" data-end=\"1346\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1391\">Mass inspections and \u201cneighbourhood committees\u201d<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1393\" data-end=\"1507\">After Kim Jong-un's decision, the country began <strong data-start=\"1438\" data-end=\"1464\">mass checks on women<\/strong>, who are suspected of plastic surgery.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1699\">Local \u00abobservation groups\u00bb have been instructed to pay attention to changes in appearance and report them to the authorities. According to sources, in some regions, women have already been <strong data-start=\"1655\" data-end=\"1698\">Forced to undergo medical examinations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1701\" data-end=\"1704\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1706\" data-end=\"1754\">Ideological campaign against \u201cbourgeois beauty\u201d<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1756\" data-end=\"1951\">According to experts, the DPRK authorities interpret cosmetic surgery as <strong data-start=\"1820\" data-end=\"1853\">a threat to socialist morality<\/strong>. Any attempts to imitate Western beauty standards are considered a manifestation of \u00abideological decay\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1953\" data-end=\"2076\">Similar campaigns have already taken place in North Korea, including against the wearing of jeans, hair colouring and foreign songs.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2078\" data-end=\"2081\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"2083\" data-end=\"2094\">Context.<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2096\" data-end=\"2329\">Pyongyang has repeatedly claimed that Western fashion and plastic surgery undermine the \u00abpurity of the Korean nation's spirit\u00bb.<br data-start=\"2207\" data-end=\"2210\" \/>The latest wave of repression is part of the regime's broader programme to <strong data-start=\"2282\" data-end=\"2326\">control over the body and mind of citizens<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0423 \u041f\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u041a\u043e\u0440\u0435\u0457 \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0437\u0431\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0439: \u041a\u0456\u043c \u0427\u0435\u043d \u0418\u043d \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0432 \u0456\u043c\u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438 \u00ab\u0437\u0430\u0433\u043d\u0438\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0447\u0438\u043c \u043a\u0430\u043f\u0456\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0437\u043c\u043e\u043c\u00bb \u0423 \u041f\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u041a\u043e\u0440\u0435\u0457 \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u043e\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0456\u044e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0439, \u0437\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0430 \u0437\u0431\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0439. \u041a\u0456\u043c \u0427\u0435\u043d \u0418\u043d \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0432 \u0456\u043c\u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438 \u00ab\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0441\u043e\u0446\u0456\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u044f\u0432\u043e\u043c\u00bb \u0456 \u00ab\u0437\u0430\u0433\u043d\u0438\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0447\u0438\u043c \u043a\u0430\u043f\u0456\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0437\u043c\u043e\u043c\u00bb, \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0454 New York Post \u0456\u0437 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f\u043c \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0456\u0432\u0434\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0435\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0417\u041c\u0406. \u0421\u0443\u0434 \u043d\u0430\u0434 \u0436\u0456\u043d\u043a\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0456 \u043b\u0456\u043a\u0430\u0440\u0435\u043c \u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0432\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f Chosun Ilbo, \u0443 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":1631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u041a\u0456\u043c \u0427\u0435\u043d \u0418\u043d","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":{"0":"post-1630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805624"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1632,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630\/revisions\/1632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}