16 true photos about how poor apartments in North Korea look

There are many stories about North Korea and how people live here, but not everyone can see the life of North Koreans from the inside. All foreigners who come to the country are allowed to photograph only the sights and natural beauties that show how great the power of communism is. But still in the network you can find photos about the true life of the inhabitants of the DPRK. All of them were made by journalists who managed to visit local apartments. And before them appeared a very dull sight: ragged walls, very modest furnishings, lack of equipment, and sometimes even furniture. Of course, many of these shots were taken outside of Pyongyang, but it is they who can show the province of North Korea.

At the entrance of one of the apartment buildings. It has a watchman, who usually also performs the duties of a janitor.

In the hallway is an apartment of one of the locals.

The decoration of the apartments is very modest, even rather meager.

Not everyone has beds; many sleep on zinc, which they clean in the afternoon.

The ceilings are low and the rooms are very narrow, which makes them look like a box.

Well, if there are beds, then they are also small and look more like boxes.

Invariable decor - portraits of the builders of the great state, their great abundance in the apartments of North Koreans.

What can not be said about toys for children: they are practically nonexistent.

The country has regular power outages, so many apartments have boilers. Outages with water supply are also constant, so the bathtubs are always filled with water.

And here is the toilets in the apartments.

Not everyone has refrigerators ... And why should they, if the lights are constantly turned off?

Plasma TVs are almost never found here, everyone lives with old tube ones.

Lack of light has become the norm for North Koreans, and virtually every apartment has uninterrupted power.

Satin bedspreads on the piano, cotton bears and dolls in dresses with ruffles as decor, whitewashed walls, and curtains with plain decor on the windows ... So many apartments in the Soviet Union once looked like.

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