North Korea IT worker scheme swells beyond US companies

North Korean nationals who conceal their identities to infiltrate businesses as employees or contractors continue to expand their presence beyond technology companies and America’s borders. Nearly every industry has been duped into hiring North...

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...

Did North Korea threaten to nuke Israel over Greta Thunberg?

Misbar traced the claim to a platform called Pamphlets, which describes itself as "a communist news media project" aimed at spreading propaganda to counter what it calls lies about communism [Getty] A viral claim on social media alleged last week...

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...

North Korean women face public trial for breast implants: ‘Consumed by vanity’

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. This photo...

North Korean IT workers target healthcare jobs: Report

North Korean nationals seeking illicit remote employment have increasingly targeted the healthcare sector, according to a Sept. 30 report from Okta Threat Intelligence. Here are five things to know: Okta found that North Korea’s IT worker scheme...

North Korea Cracks Down on Cosmetic Surgery, Targets Breast Implants as "Capitalist" Acts

In a sweeping move to reinforce ideological control, North Korea has launched a severe crackdown on women undergoing cosmetic surgeries, with a particular focus on breast augmentation procedures. The Kim Jong Un regime has branded these surgeries...

North Korea holds public trials for breast augmentation doctors and patients

As growing numbers of North Koreans become curious about breast augmentation surgery, the regime is seeking to quash the practice by holding public trials for both practitioners and patients. “A public trial was held at a culture center in...

‘Bourgeois’ breast implants: North Korea targets underground cosmetic surgeries

North Korean women are being punished for undergoing underground cosmetic surgeries as Kim Jong Un deems breast implants a “bourgeois” indulgence. The city of Sariwon, which is 75km from the capital Pyongyang, is cracking down on illegal breast...

Hamhung pharmacy college cracks down on campus dating with vague directive

Hamhung College of Pharmacy in South Hamgyong province recently issued a warning to students about campus dating, ordering them to date in an “experienced and healthy manner.” While the directive stopped short of an outright ban, couples interpret...

North Korea’s IT workers are targeting firms beyond tech, crypto, and the U.S.

North Korea’s clandestine IT Worker (ITW) program, which is long known for targeting U.S. technology firms and crypto firms, has broadened its scope to attempt to infiltrate a variety of industries worldwide, including finance, healthcare, public...

North Korean women to be checked for ‘un-socialist’ boob jobs after show trial involving backstreet surgeon

The edict to Communist Party members was issued amid the ongoing show trial of two women in their 20s accused of undergoing breast enhancement operations by a backstreet surgeon. Neighbourhood watch leaders in the city of Sariwon, 75km south of...

North Korea IT worker scheme expanding to more industries, countries outside of US tech sector

North Korea is rapidly expanding its illicit IT worker scheme beyond the U.S. tech sector, successfully obtaining interviews and potentially employment at companies in dozens of industries across the world. Cybersecurity giant Okta published a...

Kim Jong Un orders North Koreans to check women for ‘un-socialist’ breast implants

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s regime is said to be pursuing a crackdown on women who have had illegal cosmetic surgery (Picture: EPA) North Korea’s security services have launched a harsh crackdown on women with ‘capitalist’ breast implants,...

Kim Jong-un threatens North Korean women who get ‘un-socialist’ boob jobs will be sent to gulags in bizarre order

KIM Jong-un has threatened that North Korean women who get boob jobs will be sent to the gulags. The dictator ordered his stooges to check women for blasphemous boobs, declaring breast implants are "un-socialist" and "bourgeois". 3 Kim Jong-un has...

North Korea publicly tries, humiliates women for illegal breast implants

Published: 30 Sep. 2025, 17:01 Hundreds of people are seen seated for a public trial at an open-air theater in North Korea in this image captured from KBS footage. [SCREEN CAPTURE] North Korean authorities reportedly held a public trial for two...

Kim Jong Un orders North Koreans to check women for 'bourgeois' breast implants... and warns those with 'un-socialist' work done could be sent to a labour camp

By DAN WOODLAND, NEWS REPORTER Published: 20:46 EDT, 30 September 2025 | Updated: 21:17 EDT, 30 September 2025 North Korean women are being searched for breast implants after they were described as being 'un-socialist' and 'bourgeois'. Communist...

Fake North Korean IT workers sneaking into healthcare, finance, and AI

The North Korean IT worker threat extends well beyond tech companies, with fraudsters interviewing at a "surprising" number of healthcare orgs, according to Okta Threat Intelligence. In research published Tuesday, the identity services provider...

Nippon Ishin to Submit Anti-Espionage Bill to Extra Diet Session

Newsfrom Japan Politics Oct 1, 2025 23:17 (JST) Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) plans to submit an anti-espionage bill to an upcoming extraordinary session of the Diet, it was learned Wednesday. The bill...