Would you live in North Korea or Taliban Afghanistan?

[HisGrace]

"Easier to escape" is dodging the question. It's asking where you'd rather live not escape from.

Anyway, I recently thought that North Korea is only the second worst place to live in the world now. Really think you guys are underestimating how bad the Taliban is. Unless they really have moderated from last time this is going to be a bloodbath with them summarily executing people all over the place for even the smallest violations of Islamic law. The DPKR obviously sucks as well and is very politically repressive but you'd probably be more or less fine if you kept your head down and pretended you loved Kim Jong Un.

[HisGrace]

To live as a foreigner is much more debatable. Because government would still see me as outsider and have their eyes on me. Add to that the fact I’m not Asian and I probably would never really be seen as a true North Korean citizen and be too exotic in a closed country to really blend in.

There actually are a small number of foreigners living in North Korea who work at embassies or represent the very small number of foreign businesses with investments there, and they are treated much better than the typical citizen. The worst they'd do to you is probably just kick you out of the country.

I could see myself reasoning or making friends with people in the Taliban

LOL man, good luck to you with that.