The North Korean government & media are doing the Orwellian “pretend to be at war all the time” thing as a justification for the current regime, security, control, denial of human rights, and police/spy/military power used against their own people.
The main patterns I immediately notice being similar between NK, Russia, and USA include:
Russia like NK: Putin not letting anyone else replace him. Police/spy assets aggressive with own people.
USA like NK: US unending imaginary “wars” – against “Drugs” and “Terror”, used as a justification for excessive security, denial of human rights, and police/spy/military buildup including overuse against own people.