They both have a bit in common. They’re both communist Asian states that the US went to war with during the Cold War and did not win. But the messaging regarding the two states is a lot different. DPRK is treated like the worst dictatorship ever, that kills you and your family for even thinking that the Kims are less than gods, whilst also starving. But Vietnam, they say… nothing.
Why isn’t Vietnam demonized like DPRK?
I also want to add that DPRK does do exports to other countries but it’s all done in a clandestine manner which sees the workers of the DPRK get a fraction of what they’ve owed.
Its been revealed that amazon prime video capeshit “Invincible season 3” was offshored to an animation studio based in the DPRK.
The brutality and collective punishment of the economic sanctions translates into an ideology shield to justify those sanctions.