its near-impossible standards for leaving or entering
did you know these are imposed on them externally? their policy is that they love tourists. here’s a video of a couple of australian tourists enjoying themselves there. the reason americans can’t go there is because the US forbids it.
its lack of internet access (who here has seen anyone who is actually from North Korea),
it’s a country under brutal siege for its entire history. yes, they’re poor. whose fault is that?