tyrannical history: prolewiki-article on the rok, section "history" warning: very bleak read
debunking of anticipated liberal comments
norf korea no food
malnutrition was in fact a thing during the 1990s, though the portrayals of this time period, the so called "arduous march" in westen media are usually exaggerated. mostly omitted by american-allied media is the fact that those difficulties were caused by the inhumane and terrorist western sanctions and embargo against the dprk, as well as the cia-backed illegal and undemocratic dissolution of the ussr. nowadays problems regarding food security have pretty much seized to exist in the country.
hermit kingdom
first of all, the term itself is nothing but racist, orientalist nonsense, but whatever... the dprk is in no way a kingdom, its democratic model of governance, while obviously imperfect and worthy of (constructive) criticism, is explained in the constitution and infographic linked above.
furthermore, the county is neither "reclusive", nor internationally isolated. the dprk enjoys very friendly relations with fellow aes china, cuba, laos and vietnam, as well as anti-imperialist nations like iran, russia and palestine. the reason you dont hear much from inside the country is due to western press not wanting to report the truth.
no lights, no electricity
the famous "no lights"-photo is a photoshopped fake initially circulated by a southern far-right tabloid. here is an actual image of east asia, including the korean peninsula:
haircut police
unlike south korea, the dprk never had such policies. here is a very entertaining video debunking that myth.
all three of them held different positions within the government. kim ilsong was president, kim chongil chairman of the national defence commission and kim chongun is president of the state affairs. all of them were elected democratically and while it may be indeed necessary to criticize the fact that this one family has a relatively disproportionate level of political influence within its country, just look at ameticas bushs, clintons and kennedys
as you may have noticed none of those positions are called "supreme leader", since this term is exclusively used by western media for propaganda purposes. and even if such a position did exist within the dprks political system, it wouldnt matter, since only material reality matters, not names.
Kind of weird how north korean government websites use the name used "exclusively by western media for propaganda", I wonder why that is since it clearly isn't the official name. https://mfa.gov.kp/view/article/9937
I'm so curious if you're intentionally lying or just very gullible.
Also since you're such a fan of comparing the dprk to the us, let's look at some numbers:
Since 1949, the DPRK has had 3 leaders, all from the kim family
Since 1949 the US has had 14 presidents, only two of which were from the same family
While both of these countries are far from perfect, one sure does look a whole lot more democratic than the other