N Korean economy declines at sharpest rate in 20yrs: S Korea
South Korea's central bank has said that North Korea's economy in 2017 declined at the sharpest rate in 20 years. North Korea's GDP shrank 3.5% in 2017 from the previous year, the biggest decline since a 6.5% drop in 1997 when the country was hit by a famine. This comes amid strict sanctions against North Korea which impacted its exports.