Idk man, I'm no fan of the whole Kim cult of personality thing. But anyone with a cursory understanding of modern Korean history could see that the foreign policy actions of the DPRK are largely quite rational, if also informed by the trauma of the Korean war.
The United States dropped so many bombs that Koreans took to living in caves. American pilots complained that there simply wasn't anything left to bomb.
I think what's actually cringe is sitting on your computer and being a smug prick about it