Visitors to North Korea have documented how the fleet of Volvo 144s are still running around Pyongyang. It’s somewhat like the classic cars still going strong in Cuba, another famously insular ...

North Korea is notorious for its authoritarianism ... The occasional videos that leak out show an eclectic car scene (in the capital city of Pyongyang, anyway) including U.S.-spec models that ...

When it agreed on a deal to buy 1,000 Volvos from Sweden, upon receiving them, North Korea refused to pay. Footage of the 1,000 cars the country ordered has recently gone viral online, labelled ...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un leave an Aurus car after a ride in Pyongyang, North Korea June 19, 2024. via REUTERS US and South Korean officials are ...

In December, police in Japan raided a car dealership in Chiba, a city 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) outside Tokyo, suspected of trying to smuggle a Lexus worth about $70,000 into North Korea via ...

Contrary to various commentaries and reporting about this being a complete reversal of policy, private car ownership has technically been legal in North Korea for decades. Article 58 of North ...

North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported the gift on Tuesday. Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader's sister, called the car a "clear ... Police in the Indian city of Ahmedabad ...

On Monday, a dark green train with yellow trim was spotted at the border where Russia, China and North Korea meet ... that its engine pulled around 90 cars behind it. More recent estimates ...