In the last twenty years, a number of 1960s-era, Soviet-style houses in the DPRK’s elite housing compounds have been upgraded into more “western-contemporary” housing.  For example, compare Kenji Fujimoto’s 1989 Kangdong photo (below) with a 2004 image from Google Earth: 1989 2004 Judging from Google Earth imagery, this process is largely completed, though there still appear to be a … Continue reading Home make-overs: DPRK edition