[crdoconnor]

>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.

[guard-of-terra]

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.