Two things can be true at once: NK might be very bad in a lot of aspects, but the US has many similarly problematic allies. The main reason NK is widely sanctioned is that they’re not part of the capitalist sphere of influence, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other (far more valid) reasons to sanction them.
If NK is doing all their stuff for “pursuing sovereignity” The pope and his boys are doing all their stuff for LARP
Two things can be true at once: NK might be very bad in a lot of aspects, but the US has many similarly problematic allies. The main reason NK is widely sanctioned is that they’re not part of the capitalist sphere of influence, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other (far more valid) reasons to sanction them.