Almost a year after experimental use of a new bicycle sharing scheme began in Pyongyang, the program is still yet to effectively launch, multiple sources told NK News.

Individually numbered green and yellow bicycles emblazoned with both English and Korean “Ryomyong” logos were standing mostly unused in multiple photos seen by NK News from March and April.

“They still have no idea when it will be opened to the public or the cost,” a travel industry source told NK News on condition of anonymity.

In addition to a lack of observable usage of the scheme, it appears the network