Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) NK Brief No. 10-04-20-1 2010-04-20 Ri Ki Song, a professor at the Institute of Economics, a part of North Korea’s Academy of Social Sciences, acknowledged during an interview on April 18 that the North’s currency revaluation of last November had caused some instability to unfold across the country. Professor … Continue reading DPRK Economist: Currency reform caused instability