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Its not about "power" it is about charting their own path and being self reliant. DPRK is still very dependent on China and Russia. China and Russia use trade with DPRK as a way to spite usa. (not exactly but there is a direct correlation between how big a dick usa is being and how much trade they do with DPRK) DPRK don't have anything to offer that China and Russia can't source somewhere else for a similar price.
Being able to fire nukes at usa is nothing compared to being able to strangle the entire world economy as Iran has. There is no way for DPRK to win a nuclear exchange with usa. The best they can manage is hurting usa while getting annihilated.
Iran has the entire world economy over a barrel (of oil) at the cost of like 4000 lives. If DPRK needed used its leverage it would kill every single Korean.