North Korean government criticizes NSA surveillance in the US

Uriminzokkiri is the name of an online North Korea new and propaganda outlet, operated from North Korea's central news agency. They publish information through various social media platforms such as Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter, and most of their content is hosted on a server in China. Their news tends to be targeted toward people in South Korea and others who speak Korean.

In a video that the North Korean propaganda agency released a few days ago, they criticize South Korea as being a subservient of the US, and rationalizing the idea that any national government can spy on their own citizens and collect private data for the good of the country.

The video is about three minutes long and can be viewed below. A full translation can be found here.

The North Korean narrator describes South Korea as having a "puppet government", making rash statements about how the South welcomes questionable activities such as war, murder, and wiretapping with "open arms". Ironically, they refer to South Korean citizens as slaves, with no freedom and no choice.

If the DPRK was technologically advanced enough, would they too spy on their citizens?