India, Oct. 2 -- North Korea has launched a crackdown on breast enhancement and other forms of plastic surgery. One surgeon and two women, accused of getting breast implants, have already faced a public trial in the socialist East Asian country.

According to a report in Daily NK, Kim Jong Un's government is now using neighbourhood patrols and secret service to identify women suspected of having undergone breast enhancement.

Breast enlargement procedures are classified as "non-socialist acts" in North Korea and cannot be performed legally.

One surgeon accused of covertly performing the illegal procedure was recently placed on a public trial, along with two women accused of having undergone breast enlargement. Both the women are in their...