On September 14 2011, three prominent North-East Asia scholars presented the findings of their June 2011 trip to North Korea at an event hosted at the Woodrow Wilson Center, in Washington DC.  At the event, the three scholars all noted how surprised they were at some of the observations they had made during their stay, observations that suggest discernnible changes might well be underway in the DPRK.

Before the presentations, the Korea Economic Institute’sDr. Abraham Kim warned of a few caveats to bear in mind while assessing the groups’ findings.  For some members of the group, it was their