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Why Are Korean Apartments So Small? Pyeong and 84 m²
Korean apartments look small because the listed number is exclusive area, not total floor space. Here's how pyeong, 84 m² and balcony expansion work.
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Modern Lifestyle & Daily Life
Everyday Korean life measured two ways: the floor space a listing actually gives you, and the places Koreans go once they leave it. An 84 m² unit and the “34 pyeong” an agent says out loud are the same rooms, and the balcony that became legal living space in 2005 is in neither number. Outside the front door, the same curiosity lands on jjimjilbang and PC bang.
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