Ten lane roads are not infrastructure unless you have something to ride on that roads. India and Vietnam provide citizens with all kinds of bikes, tuktuks and motorollers. NK not so much.
Having said that, no electricity during most of the day also not very infrastructure-ish.
(If you wanted real totalitarian infrastructure, try Myanmar)
Also, Vietnam fighted for their vision of freedom, won, and now is free to do whatever pleases.
>Ten lane roads are not infrastructure unless you have something to ride on that roads. India and Vietnam provide citizens with all kinds of bikes, tuktuks and motorollers. NK not so much.
The embargo makes oil very expensive in NK. Hence the costs of running a vehicle are prohibitive.
>Having said that, no electricity during most of the day
They get pretty frequent seconds-long brownouts, but they do have electricity during the day.
Maybe the capital gets electricity all day, but I have read from specialists that provincial towns get a few hours of power per day. Same with e.g. water.
You dont see many cars I guese because the population is low, even on the streets there are less number of people. By the way the cleanliness and stable roads are much better than India and Vietname and even some US cities. I dont agree with your electricity outage comment since you provided no proof of that.
North Korea actually has sizable population. Imagine Seoul with all the area, NK has same population in all the country. It's just it is partially rural, partially in death camps, partially tries not to attract attention. That's why you aren't seeing anybody.
Having said that, no electricity during most of the day also not very infrastructure-ish.
(If you wanted real totalitarian infrastructure, try Myanmar)
Also, Vietnam fighted for their vision of freedom, won, and now is free to do whatever pleases.