Are there internal forces of change at work in North Korea?
KYS: My own opinion on several subjects has changed several times since I got to South Korea, because now I lack consistent and fresh information about it. But from newspapers and recent defectors, I hear the ruling authorities have no will to reform politically or economically. But society is changing; there are more markets outside state control, the lifestyle is also changing. People are buying DVD players, clothes, music, computers, and they are more dependent on markets than ever before. People knew nothing of the outside world before the 1990s famine. But that is changing. They now realise how poor they are and feel the need for change. But there is no way for them to express their social discontent, which has grown in recent years.
