Very much so.
It is a one-party state; elections are based around a single list of WPK-approved candidates who stand without opposition. It has controlled by a series of dictators; Kim il-sung, his son Kim Jong-il, and his grandson, Kim Jong-un,- since the end of the second world war - each of which has been well known to execute anyone who they perceived as threatening them politically.
North Korea.
For all intents and purposes, North Korea is a totalitarian monarchy.
North Korea and The Soviet Union
A government that exerts total control over a nation is called a totalitarian regime. In such a system, the government typically regulates every aspect of public and private life, including political, social, economic, and cultural activities, often using tactics like censorship, propaganda, and repression to maintain power. Totalitarian regimes are characterized by limited individual freedoms and a lack of political pluralism.
China, Cuba, Russia, Philippines, Iran, North Korea, right now have totalitarian governments.
Oh yes, there are a number of totalitarian governments in existence today. The most totalitarian government is that of North Korea, but there are lots of others. China is another very significant example. Burma/Myanmar has a very unpleasant totalitarian government. Iran has a totalitarian theocracy.
North Korea is a Communist totalitarian state with widespread hunger and poverty.
South Korean system is similar to that of the US. North Korean system is similar to that of Hussein's Iraq.
The kinds government currently in Korea are republic. This is the system of government that is found in both North Korea and South Korea.
North Korea, Myanmar and Cuba are totalitarian states. China to a lesser extent can be lumped in there as well.
Realistically speaking, it's a relatively banal form of absolute (or totalitarian) dictatorship.
Totalitarian dictatorship