North Korea announces ban on 'boob jobs' - 'rotten capitalist act'

North Korea is cracking down on breast implants for women, threatening those who have undergone the procedure with severe prison sentences. The country's leader - Kim Jong-un - is reported to have instructed undercover agents and neighbourhood...

U.S. soccer 'monitoring the situation' involving North African protests ahead of Women's World Cup

U.S. Soccer says it is “monitoring the situation in Morocco” and “no changes have been made” ahead of the U-17 Women’s World Cup later this month, which will feature the U.S. women’s national team’s youth squad. The tournament kicks off in 11 days...

Kim Jong Un says North Korea is deploying ‘special assets’ and warns US and South Korea

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North Korea's New Crackdown: Why Breast Implants Are Now An 'Anti-Socialist' Crime

Last Updated:October 04, 2025, 18:44 IST With young women being dragged to hospitals for body checks, Kim Jong Un’s expanding crackdown is targeting not just what citizens say or wear, but how they look North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (KCNA via...

From banned ‘feudalistic remnant’ to Party ‘grace’: How North Korea rebranded Chuseok

Once prohibited, the harvest festival is now celebrated as both ancestral and political commemoration under state control Lee Kang-hyuk, a 24-year-old North Korean defector who uses a pseudonym, remembers trekking to familial burial grounds in...

North Korean agents pretending to be IT guys have funneled up to $1 billion into Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program

In corporate security circles, a ghastly new fear has led to some strange advice for recruiters interviewing potential IT staffers: Ask the candidate to insult North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un. The idea is that if the interviewee is a...

Freedom’s feisty fighter: Angelo Codevilla’s scrappy rise from penniless immigrant to MAGA guru

At a time of war abroad and political violence at home, a new book called “Fighting Enemies Foreign and Domestic” couldn’t be more relevant. Or could it? This slender volume just published by Encounter Books is all about the life and thought of...

Deterring The Next Quasi-World War: China–Russia–North Korea Versus US

Authored by Joseph Yizheng Lian via The Epoch Times, Russian planes recently flew into Polish and Romanian airspace to test NATO’s resolve while the world veers toward a conflict in Asia—one that could be far worse than the situation in...

N Korea abductee's mother hopes for progress on issue under new Japan PM

The mother of Megumi Yokota -- a symbolic victim of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals decades ago -- voiced hope this week that the government will make progress on the issue under the next prime minister, after little headway had been...

Bizarre way Kim Jong-un is 'cracking down on women with breast implants' in North Korea

It's been reported that Kim Jong-un's country has come up with an unorthodox way to check women for potential breast implants. The North Korean dictator has allegedly asked his security to carry out the order in a move to deviate from 'capitalist'...

North Korea fashion police exhort young people to dress like socialists

An in-depth analysis of party anniversary prep, countering ‘bourgeois’ lifestyles, care for the elderly and more The Taesong Tailor Shop in Pyongyang, which received high marks at a fashion expo held earlier this year for producing unique clothing...

Another North Korean refugee's story brought me to tears

The tears came without warning. I was sitting on a packed subway train reading a book in English by a fellow North Korean refugee when suddenly I found myself crying in front of dozens of strangers. I fumbled for tissues in my bag, aware of the...

Separated Families Day: Remembering Long-Lost Loved Ones in N. Korea

Photo : YONHAP News Anchor: It’s been 80 years since the Korean Peninsula was split in two after liberation from Japanese colonial rule. The Korean War started 75 years ago, leading to continued division and leaving more than 100-thousand Koreans...

Report: Two women and doctor put on public trial in North Korea over illegal breast implants

by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2025 Real World News In a rare glimpse of life inside the North Korea totalitarian state, authorities reportedly held a public trial for two women accused of undergoing illegal breast augmentation. The man who...

North Koreans Ordered To Identify Women With "Un-Socialist" Breasts

Authorities in North Korea have been ordered to identify women with "un-socialist" and "bourgeois" breast implants, The Telegraph reports, citing local media. Illustration: Sanjeev DasUndercover agents are now groping for 'enhanced' women, as well...

Kim Jong-un cracks down on 'un-socialist' breast implants in North Korean women

North Korean cheerleaders arrive at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic games(Image: AFP/Getty Images) Kim Jong-un has ordered for women to be checked for potential breast implants. According to sources, this is due to the "un-socialist" nature of the...

N. Korea abductee's mother hopes for progress on issue under new Japan PM

Sakie Yokota speaks to reporters in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Oct. 2, 2025. (Kyodo) KAWASAKI, Japan (Kyodo) -- The mother of Megumi Yokota, a symbolic victim of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals decades ago, voiced hope Thursday that...

North Korea abductee's mother hopes for progress on issue under new Japan PM

KAWASAKI, Japan - The mother of Megumi Yokota -- a symbolic victim of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals decades ago -- voiced hope Thursday that the government will make progress on the issue under the next prime minister, after little...

Guest Shares Story of Secret Life as a Cold War Spy

The Lawrence County Historical Society meeting was held Aug. 28 at the Southern Tennessee Higher Education Center. President Curtis Peters called the meeting to order, and Martha Ann Alford led the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag....

‘Emergency Crackdown Order’ Targets ‘Anti-Socialist’ North Korean Women Who Choose Breast Augmentation

SEOUL — North Korean women are being targeted for humiliation by the regime for the “anti-socialist” sins of getting surgeries to become “more voluptuous” and “voluminous,” and for chatting “idly” in supposedly grueling self-criticism sessions. A...