North Korea’s showpiece capital struggles with basic winter heating

2026-03-03 - 01:53

As modern apartment dwellers in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang struggle to heat their homes in the winter, some apparently miss the old-fashioned stoves of the countryside. Chronic energy shortages in North Korea’s showcase capital have rendered central heating systems largely ineffective, leaving residents of Pyongyang’s high-rise apartment buildings to improvise in the cold — a sign... Source