North Korea is a rogue nation so it doesn't really take a long time to conclude that they do sponsor this group, there's already a name for the head of this group already if I recall but still on the run and the names are Korean so it's safe to assume that they're sponsored by North Korea even if it's just an allegation and just seeing how they attack in the west, it's clear that they're against capitalists. Also, remember that Sony hack because they're releasing the movie Dictator which depicts an assassination attempt on the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un? I think that's probably enough evidence that Lazarus group is sponsored by North Korea.

It's a really concerning thing too that North Korea owns this much bitcoin because that can only mean that if bitcoin skyrockets in prices, their stash of bitcoin would actually help them get more funds for their ever growing military threat and now, they can do it more discreetly given that bitcoin is pseudonymous which also helps hide who's the one that's supplying them with weapons.

North Korea basically helps through this hacking, so I can't really call the Bitcoin they are holding as holding. Because the only holding is El Salvador and those who hold Bitcoin for a long time and hold it faithfully, but suddenly North Korea is holding 13562 Bitcoins, this money comes mainly from the Bybit exchange hacking. So they will change their decision at any moment and sell Bitcoin, El Salvador has been accumulating Bitcoin for a long time. So El Salvador is a country that will definitely hold Bitcoin for a long time in the future and they are buying one Bitcoin every day.
So I can call this Bitcoin holding in North Korea a sick holding.

You are making a valid point here, from the looks, as a nation with such sanctions, they would go to any extent to raise funds for their project which has attracted eye's to them for the negative reasons which they still do not want to change from. Maybe doing this could help them raise funds for their project  defying the sanctions on them.
They just thinking sponsoring hackers as you have said could help them realise their goals is just a waste of time because it would not be that easy for them.

It's not a threat. If you put a decentralized asset under a centralized control or platform, it becomes a problem as it's no longer decentralized. When those hackers deposited into some platforms that eventually seized the ETH or BTC, they relinquished control.

Bitcoin still honours the original cypherpunk ethos and nothing to do with CEXs and centralized platforms.

There is no evidence that the Lazarus Group is linked to North Korea, other than what the US Department of Justice claims. However, assuming this is true, the North Korean government would do this to circumvent the international embargo and secure its needs from the global market. According to Wikipedia, the Lazarus Group began its emergence during the first decade of the 21st century, but well known in 2014 when it launched an attack on Sony Pictures, seen as political retaliation for the company's production of a film about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

It is truly surprising that no government would be open about the amount of bitcoin it holds and no one gives an exact figure for how many bitcoins it has in its reserves. It is possible that these are being held illegally as the North Korean authorities and related groups are concerned about the illegal acquisition of bitcoin and other digital assets. The Lazarus Group, a hacker group linked to North Korea, is widely known for raising illicit funds through bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. They have carried out various cyberattacks including hacking exchanges and other organizations and stealing large amounts of bitcoin.

Unless a country volunteers info we won't know they're holding bitcoin. North Korea isn't going to tell ppl about the numbers of bitcoin they're holding. There's estimation by reporters but we haven't been given info by govt's so we shouldn't accept it.

If north Korean government could do this or sponsored the group (Lazarus group) whom they thought that hacked bybit, is not in anyway showing transparency or as a government that people termed to be that trusting and relying on carrying out this unsupported act. What impression are they given the general public or are they showing other countries whom may one day think of executing such acts and of course this shows how unsafe a centralized exchange could be if they could start targeting the centralized exchange, gradually it's calling for Decentralized exchange as centralized exchange may seems not to be trusted anymore.

Based on what you have said, it is unfortunate for the government to be involved in such a criminal act and would also be harassing her citizens who commits crimes as such when they too are guilty of the same offence. Doing this  has given them a bad reputation and as such, no country who hears such would ever want to have anything to do with them because it would be assumed that they are also a partner in crime so they wouldn't want to be seen as such.
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You can't believe every thing you're reading. Do we know for a fact how many bitcoin's are held by any country including America or North Korea ?

I'm interested in how small investors can adapt after countries become bitcoin whales. It's being traded today by ordinary ppl because it's available. The day countries become whales it's price won't make it possible for small investors & ordinary ppl to buy.