The Olympics are well covered by DPRK propaganda arms.
The population of North Korea is said to be about 25 million. Who is to say that the real population isn’t 1 million or less. Less people less problems. Keep the international gibs and line your pockets. The whole thing could be like a Hollywood set. You’d need about 100,000 extras and some CGI and who would ever know?
Why are there all these new seemingly empty buildings. Look at those energy maps. I’d say a million people at most live in NK.