Newly-developed antibacterial water filter and purifiers are increasingly popular with North Koreans, state-run media outlet Arirang-Meari reported on Wednesday.

The government mouthpiece reported that the water problem is a “vital issue” all over the world and that demand for clean and purified water has been “rapidly increasing.”

They newly developed “ceramic water filter” and “edible water purifier” can remove pathogenic bacteria such as colon bacillus, cholera bacteria, staphylococcus and dysentery bacillus, and has “caught popularity with the people of the DPRK.”

According to a photo released by Arirang-Meari, the ceramic water filter appears to be portable and the water