What Daily Life In North Korea Looks Like

Resident Housing

Residents living just outside of Pyongyang do not have it easy. The people who live in the capital are given much better living arrangements and their buildings are kept up with albeit cheaply made. Photographs are strictly prohibited as citizens' real living situations... Those buildings look like they're about to fall down.    

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