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North Korean Matches

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“Not sure where I picked up the matches somewhere early 1990’s - almost every man in North Korea smokes, so not difficult to find. Contains tiny match heads on very finely cut wood sticks - not sure about the safety of keeping them so they had to go.”
— Curated and contributed by Nick Bonner, Founder of Koryo Tours and author of ‘Made in North Korea: Graphics From Everyday Life in the DPRK’

“Not sure where I picked up the matches somewhere early 1990’s - almost every man in North Korea smokes, so not difficult to find. Contains tiny match heads on very finely cut wood sticks - not sure about the safety of keeping them so they had to go.”
— Curated and contributed by Nick Bonner, Founder of Koryo Tours and author of ‘Made in North Korea: Graphics From Everyday Life in the DPRK’

“Not sure where I picked up the matches somewhere early 1990’s - almost every man in North Korea smokes, so not difficult to find. Contains tiny match heads on very finely cut wood sticks - not sure about the safety of keeping them so they had to go.”
— Curated and contributed by Nick Bonner, Founder of Koryo Tours and author of ‘Made in North Korea: Graphics From Everyday Life in the DPRK’

c. 1990

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Korean

Jonchon, North Korea