Of course this is correct: https://journal-neo.org/2016/11/01/north-korea-is-an-pentagon-vassal-state/. Well, maybe not the use of “an” https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/vowel-sounds-when-use-a-and-an:
“At this point it clearly is the case that under the erratic 32-year-old Swiss-educated Kim Jong Un, Washington has found the perfect boogie man to scare South Korea and Japan into embracing Washington’s agenda to maximize pressure, military as well as economic, against Russia and against China. James R. Lilley’s Davos remark to me is borne out by the recent militaristic and foreign policy actions of North Korean Supreme Commander, Jim Jong Un. It seems it wasn’t even necessary for the United States to “create North Korea.” Washington only had to cultivate the infantile personality of Kim Jong Un.”