https://xcancel.com/Reuters/status/2054098106136813829
Cars in North Korea??? That's not supposed to happen. It's ruining our narratives about them having dead rats for dinner. 
DPRK citizens now have access to superior Chinese EVs that amerikkkans can't have. 
I don't particularly have much more to input beyond what Cde. Cowbee has said, and is saying during the course of this ongoing discussion and unfortunately I'm still working and can't chip in as much as I'd like to. That said, I can see that you seem like a decently read person on post-colonial and civil war to world military intervention era Korean history based off of what I've read from you thus far, so out of respect for your own scholarly nature, I'll simply leave some academic sources that denotes my position as a DPRK supporter, Korean national liberation and reunification enthusiast, and an all-round enjoyer of my motherland's food. (Sadly I'm not including food this time but I'm always down to talk about it and gripe about the American corruption of our traditional dishes with their shitty cheese slices and cans of baked beans, and musings about why they think american cusine is just shoving truckloads of sugar into everything)
Korea’s Place in the Sun, Bruce Cumings, 1997.
Korea’s Grievous War, Su-kyoung Hwang, 2016.
Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950, Suzy Kim, 2013.
Patriots, Traitors, and Empires, Stephen Gowans, 2018.
This Monstrous War, Wilfred G. Burchett, 1953.
Cry Korea, Reginald Thompson, 1951.
The Hidden History of the Korean War 1950-1951, I.F. Stone, 1952.
North Korea: Another Country, Bruce Cumings, 2004.
Hopefully you find something here that catches your eye and you give it a read.