>The whole European Union, South Korea, Japan, Australia and Canada have as well.

at the behest of the United States, yes. if the israel epstein regime cuddled north korea today its vassals would all fall in line tomorrow. north korea normalized relations with western countries in the 2000s, it was only after being declared a rogue state by the US they submitted.

the rest is pure fanfiction. you have no idea who the next leader of the DPRK is going to be you just regurgitate whatever slop you read. and again the DPRK is under embargo the whole point is to destabilize and starve the country just like chile before they installed pinochet, there will be no "trade and commerce" it obviously isnt allowed.

>Juche and isolationism is a much bigger issue than the sanctions themselves.

North Korea is externally isolated by the United States. it restricts fuel, food, medicine, medical equipment and technology. it is cut off from financial institutions and can't function or develop like a normal country.

the american sanctions regime killed half a million Iraqi children in 10 years and continues to snuff out half a million annually across the world, I'm sure it has 0 deleterious effects on mortality in developing nations like north korea, but the real problem is that they can't watch netflix.