The NK News team traveled to the U.S. for meetings with members of the North Korea watcher community this month, and the trip made one thing abundantly clear: Donald Trump’s return has put Washington on edge, and raised existential concerns for an array of institutions working on the DPRK.

Our recent trip to Washington and New York took place during a week of great upheaval and uncertainty, as the Trump administration moved swiftly to implement further major cuts and restructuring across the federal bureaucracy.

While our meetings and discussions were off the record, what we learned from them was troubling