China-N. Korea Trade Drops Again

An influential South Korean economic organization says trade and investment between North Korea and China has slid for the second year in a row. The Beijing bureau of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) announced Tuesday that North Korean exports to China in the first half of this year amounted to $1.17 billion, a 10.6 percent decline from a year ago. In the same time frame, Chinese exports to North Korea dropped 15.8 percent to $1.33 billion. KITA attributed the decline...

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