He's had a heart operation. Maybe done by the same surgeons who killed. sorry how remiss of me, who struggled to keep Otto Warmbier alive.
His sister is next in line, if she wins the vote of course. Apparently she is incredibly evil and, unlike her brother, has the intelligence to rekindle the ideology of the country.
I did toy with the idea of going to N Korea once, a friend of mine was also keen and you can only go there via an approved tour operator. Our plans were getting quite advanced, but I eventually chickened out, and gave the reason "I don't want to fund their regime", but the real reason was sheer cowardice/common sense.