Is communism as it is practised today in North Korea just for internal use only, or do they work to export it to other countries (as the former Soviet Union did, as in world revolution?)
It’s pretty much for themselves and possibly South Korea. It’s no longer so much a political ideology as it is a means of survival for the ruling elite.
NK has never been involved with Communist revolutionary activity in any other country, AFAIK.
Except for South Korea, you’re correct. They have had ties with other communist/banana republics, but being a relatively minor Soviet satellite, they never had the resources to spare for this even when they were a powerhouse compared to SK.
Now there are rumors circulating about how NK pilots served in Vietnam, but these haven’t been officially corraborated, as far as I know.
Yeah, it’s less Communism and more Stalinism.
The Kims’ brand of communism is their Juiche philosophy of national self-reliance, with all agricultural and industrial needs met by domestic production, no matter how inefficient and unrealistic that is in practice. Their ideological goal is political reunification with South Korea on NK’s terms.
Juche is the biggest joke on the planet. The United States and South Korea are providing food to North Korea. Communism? I guess you could call their government that; however, I’d describe it as a combination of theocracy and absolute monarchy. Theocracy because the people in North Korea worship the two evil Kims and absolute monarchy because Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are essentially kings with unlimited power.