Glimpse of Pyongyang posh apartment -- in Seoul

Record ID: 908643

  • Title: Glimpse of Pyongyang posh apartment -- in Seoul
  • Date: 2nd September 2017
  • Summary: INTERIOR OF BEDROOM INSIDE SHOW FLAT NORTH KOREAN BOOKS DISPLAYED ON DESK
  • Embargoed: 16th September 2017 09:13
  • Keywords: South Korea Pyongyang apartment exhibition North Korea Kim Jong Un
  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA/ PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA
  • City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA/ PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036WWJ1VP
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS EDITED KRT MATERIAL
    An exhibition offering a glimpse of life in the capital of North Korea opened on Saturday (September 2) with a replica of a middle-class home in Pyongyang where the property market is booming despite sanctions.
    In North Korea, apartment units are increasingly-coveted status symbol.
    The Pyongyang Sallim Exhibition at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017 comes amid heightened tension on the Korean peninsula after the North fired a missile that flew over Japan and two ICBM-class missiles.
    Curious crowds thronged the show flat filled with custom-made furniture and North Korean products. A defector acted as the exhibition docent.
    The exhibition will run until November 5.
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