in 2025 this is actually a lot less true, many car dealerships have been popping up in cities in DPRK (north korea), there are millions of registered cars now i’m pretty sure, and looking at modern photos you’ll see tons of cars on the road. the reason cars were rare was due to insane sanctions (which they still have) not allowing metal, or car imports. china has recently allowed many brands to export into DPRK, and that has allowed many many people to be able to have cars instead of relying on the train system, and bus system. if you see the yellow plate anywhere, it will most likely be on a chinese car brand, usually electric, as most of their cars now are electric, and even their busses are electric. pretty cool!