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Tough to get pictures out as the regime doesn’t want the world to know just how bad things there are.
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A typical village
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Public housing looks to be in poor condition
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Traffic jam.
Many more pictures @ 23 dismal photos of everyday life in North Korea that a visiting photographer captured on his phone