>>507935077I agree with this.
North Korea, reportedly, also offers free universal healthcare and education up to the college level, of course depending on academic performance. They try to graduate engineers (for obvious reasons; they need defense capabilities).
With all the trade now with Russia and China, I don't believe North Koreans are hungry all the time anymore, though maybe there was widespread hunger there in the past.
Also, North Korea is becoming a tourist country. They even built a ski resort that some intrepid tourists, who like their travels to be off the beaten path, go to visit.
And North Korea's economy is supposedly growing fast right now, again due to Russia and China trade.