What Daily Life In North Korea Looks Like

A Rural Home

In order to give people a true North Korean experience, tour guides bring them all over the place. They aren't just shown the folks who are "better off" in the city, which adds variety to the way of life that the tourists are being exposed to. The people in rural villages are specially handpicked by the government. Still, tourists are inadvertently shown how rough things can be. These citizens don't even have running water.

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