Your comments are not too far from the truth. This clown escaped some sort of punishment/jail time by fleeing north.
Chances are he has a serious attitude problem and the Norks will not tolerate. He will have to abide by their laws, customs and rules. I do not see him doing that. Once this jerks propaganda value deteriorates, so does his life expectancy.
Once King realizes that without the ability to speak Korean, he has no marketable job skills in North Korea. He will find that life is no fantasy world on the Unicorn Farm.