North Korea is a highly religious country.
They have three gods, two dead and greatly revered, one who will be dead one day and may not become quite as revered.
The people live in the gratitude of their great leaders (gods) who give them so much. Their country is the greatest on earth and the envy of all.
Whoa, you say… So much B.S. from Bengt.
Nope, it is not all my invention. I visited, as a tourist, in 2015. It took me two years to finally be able to join a group of 28 for a specialized “military visit” and to get a visa from North Korea.
For the years before, and since then, I have read a great many books and articles by North Koreans, all expats, of course, and also much else.
We shall not really fear North Korea. It as a country, has no desire to hurt any one. But, the leaders, Kim Il un and his 10,000 to 50,000 leading layer have a lot to fight for, their top notch lifestyle and total superiority.then.
Everything done and said is to strike fear in their own citizens, to make them put up with all the bad stuff, not knowing it is bad (!).