http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_North_Korea#Roads http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_North_Korea#Roads "Fuel constraints and the near absence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_North_Korea#Roads http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_North_Korea#Roads "Fuel constraints and the near absence of private automobiles have relegated road transportation to a secondary role. The road network was estimated to be around 31,200km in 1999 up from between 23,000 and 30,000km in 1990, of which only 1,717 kilometers—7.5 percent—are paved; the rest are of dirt, crushed stone, or gravel, and are poorly maintained."