Harmonica house

Harmonica house (Korean: 하모니카사택) is the name used in North Korea for a type of row house found in North Korean cities.^[1]^[2]

A harmonica house is a two-storey building divided into small apartments, so called because when viewed from the front it looks like a harmonica.^[3] The typical apartment in a harmonica house is lived in by a couple or small family, and consists of a kitchen and one additional room. Toilets are shared among multiple units, and sometimes there are small attached gardens behind the house.^[4]

References

^ French, Paul (2007). North Korea: the paranoid peninsula--a modern history (2nd ed., Rev. ed.). London: Zed Books. pp. 14. ISBN 978-1842779057.
^ Demick, Barbara (2010). Nothing to envy: ordinary lives in North Korea (Spiegel & Grau trade pbk. ed.). New York: Spiegel & Grau. ISBN 978-0385523912.
^ Ik-sang Lee (1988). A Peek into North Korea. Seoul, Korea: Naewoe Press.
^ Pʻyŏnghwa Tʻongil Yŏnʼguso (1982). Korea and World Affairs. Research Center for Peace and Unification of Korea. 16 (A Quarterly Review. Special Issue on North Korea): 53. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[1] French, Paul (2007). North Korea: the paranoid peninsula--a modern history (2nd ed., Rev. ed.). London: Zed Books. pp. 14. ISBN 978-1842779057.

[2] Demick, Barbara (2010). Nothing to envy: ordinary lives in North Korea (Spiegel & Grau trade pbk. ed.). New York: Spiegel & Grau. ISBN 978-0385523912.

[3] Ik-sang Lee (1988). A Peek into North Korea. Seoul, Korea: Naewoe Press.

[4] Pʻyŏnghwa Tʻongil Yŏnʼguso (1982). Korea and World Affairs. Research Center for Peace and Unification of Korea. 16 (A Quarterly Review. Special Issue on North Korea): 53. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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