a critical economic lifeline. the numbers say it all. in two thousand and fifteen north korea imported goods totaling almost three and a half billion dollars eighty five percent came from china india and russian imports together accounted for a further five and a half percent the remainder from other countries including mexico and the philippines. of north korean exports two point eight billion dollars or eighty three percent went to china just three and a half percent. it went to india north korea s top exports include minerals textiles and fish. and south korean companies are hoping for a revival of a special economic zone called k. song just across the north korean border engine component producer s.j. tech was the first south korean company to set up shop here until two years ago it
announced punitive tariffs against the u.s. on some two point eight billion dollars worth of goods this comes in reaction to recent u.s. tariffs on european steel and aluminum. this historic handshake between u.s. president donald trump and north korean dictator kim jong un could be consequential for economic relations on the korean peninsula. in the city of dandong on the china north korean border the leaders summit was about business as much as politics. where sure if the meeting between trump and kim is successful it will be great for a down dong because we do a lot of cross border trade that dong is mainly about cross border trade my husband does it he had investments in north korea so we really hope that the country opens up soon. for a country as isolated as north korea maintaining ties with china has been
a lot of cross border trade. by cross border trade that s what my husband does he had investments in north korea so we really hope that the country opens up soon. for a country as isolated as north korea maintaining ties with china has proven to be an economic lifeline look at the numbers and you ll see why in twenty fifteen north korea imported goods worth almost three and a half billion dollars eighty five percent of them came from china indian and russian imports together accounted for a further five and a half percent with countries including mexico and the philippines making up the rest. turning to north korean exports now if they were worth two point eight billion dollars eighty three percent of them went to you guessed it china a further three and a half percent went to india north korea s top exports include minerals textiles and fish. but amid the flurry of excitement by bridging differences it s easy to
an economic lifeline look at the numbers and you ll see why in twenty fifteen north korea imported goods worth almost three and a half billion dollars eighty five percent of them came from china indian and russian imports together accounted for a further five and a half percent with countries including mexico and the philippines making up the rest. turning to north korean exports now they were worth two point eight billion dollars eighty three percent of them went to you guessed it china after their three and a half percent went to india north korea s top exports include minerals textiles and fish. but amid the flurry of excitement about bridging differences it s easy to overlook the source of north korea s decades of political and economic isolation reports of human rights abuses including slave labor prison camps and torture are among the reasons the country s been shocked of international diplomacy.
the richest man in the world just got a little bit richer in saying that i mean that man of course is jeff bezos the founder and biggest shareholder of online retailer amazon who has just seen another eight billion dollars added to his personal network overnight because i should put this his company is doing quite well shares in amazon have jumped by more than six percent after the company announced first quarter profits more than doubled compared to last year on a list say a rise in online shopping and increased demand for the company s cloud services drove the numbers up but it s not all plain sailing there was all scammers amazon faces intensifying scrutiny from politicians and regulators who accuse it of having too much market power. finance ministers of the eurozone meeting bog area today with greek debt high on the agenda again some countries want to relieve