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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 185 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | North Korea |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 21°C 70°F + Humid (85%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 49 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz50Hz |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Koryolink |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 260,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Korea DPR |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Koryo |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Koryo |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,483 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $611 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,510 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $431 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $150 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $360 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $406 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $19 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
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Very good, Glorious leader Kim Jong-Un helped me see the true beauty of TRUE KOREA.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 41🚕3h$3,527 / moFrom visiting I see: No freedom of speech Very uncomfortable people Strict regulations Slow intern
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 91😷✈️12min$1,773 / mo1MbpsSpend a few hours and learn the Korean alphabet (not that hard) and Google some names of Korean dish
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 37✈️21min$2,101 / mo19Mbps| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 0° freezing | 373° cold | 489° cold | 5714° cool | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 7524° warm | 6418° cool | 468° cold | 0° freezing |
| Real | 320° freezing | 373° very cold | 489° cold | 5714° cool | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm | 7524° warm | 6418° cool | 468° cold | 320° freezing |
| Humidity | too dry 29% | nice 43% | nice 50% | nice 57% | nice 63% | nice 77% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 84% | nice 77% | nice 69% | nice 55% | nice 64% |
| Rain | dry 0mm | dry 9mm | dry 15mm | dry 28mm | dry 42mm | rainy 162mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 56mm | rainy 80mm | dry 13mm | rainy 53mm | dry 34mm |
| Cloud | pockets 17% | pockets 32% | pockets 38% | pockets 49% | pockets 35% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 57% | pockets 46% | pockets 43% | pockets 38% | pockets 45% |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
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✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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