The classes in power in the DPRK are the working classes

Whether this is true is really what I'm trying to determine, and currently skeptical of. I guess it may be difficult to prove or disprove. It sounds like you think the class identity of the administration is enough to say so, but I could be wrong. I don't see that as sufficient.

regular strawmanning and misframing

I may have misrepresented your or others' perspectives, but if so it was not intentional.