I don't see the link between your article and propaganda. That seems unrelated.

NK propaganda is to portray themselves as "childish and fun" for the outsiders, so they won't look in the abuse they do at home.

A) No they don't B) That wasnt his point.

I have read the article. Assuming it's true, from what I understand it's not NK government that do the trafficking but criminal gangs in China.

I fail to see any NK propaganda here.

Now if you wanted to say that I shouldn't take the situation there lightly, I get it, it's only funny on the surface.

The Korea Future Initiative is unsurprisingly funded by NED, making this article propaganda indeed.

This is a fairly deceptive statement. The Korea Future Initiative received a grand total of $50,000 (about 16% of its total fundraising) in 2020 from the NED.

https://www.ned.org/region/asia/north-korea-2020/

https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/chari...