North Korea has manufactured three solar powered leisure boats, according to images released by Korea Today, a monthly periodical published for foreign audiences.

The vessels were built by an unnamed company at the Ryongnam Shipyard on the DPRK’s east coast and were unveiled in a feature highlighting recent advances in the country’s civilian shipbuilding industry.

“(The North Korean company) built three sophisticated pleasure boats with intelligent functions in only a few months. The boats are driven by solar power under an automatic control system,” the article reads.

The accompanying images show three small craft lined up near a dock. Two