Published On: July 26, 2019 12:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, July 26: South Korea says North Korea has suffered its worst economic contraction in more than 20 years due to international sanctions and bad weather.
The Seoul-based Bank of Korea said Friday that North Korea’s economy shrank 4.1% last year from a year earlier. A bank statement said it’s the North’s second straight year of contraction and the worst performance since 1997, when the economy was estimated to have shrunk 6.5% in 1997.
The bank says its estimates are based on information provided by various South Korean government agencies.
U.N. sanctions on North Korea were toughened after North Korea conducted high-profile nuclear and missile tests in recent years. Experts say bad weather conditions like a prolonged drought and a heat wave last year have devastated the North’s farm sector.
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