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SEOUL (Reuters) - Already suffering under stringent U.S. and U.N. sanctions, North Korea’s economy faced a double whammy of severe floods and the coronavirus pandemic this year, which prompted Pyongyang to shut its border with China and ditch outside aid.
FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the Myohyangsan Medical Appliances Factory in this undated photo released by North Korea s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 21, 2018. KCNA via REUTERS/File photo
Kicking off a rare congress on Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his ambitious five-year economic plan unveiled in 2016 had “tremendously fell short of goals on almost every sector”.
SEOUL (Reuters): Already suffering under stringent US and UN sanctions, North Korea's economy faced a double whammy of severe floods and the coronavirus pandemic this year, which prompted Pyongyang to shut its border with China and ditch outside aid.
Already suffering under stringent U.S. and U.N. sanctions, North Korea's economy faced a double whammy of severe floods and the coronavirus pandemic this year, which prompted Pyongyang to shut its border with China and ditch outside aid.
People walk past a billboard announcing the 8th Congress of the Workers’ Party along a main street of the Central District in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 6. (AP Photo)
SEOUL Already suffering under stringent U.S. and U.N. sanctions, North Korea’s economy faced a double whammy of severe floods and the coronavirus pandemic this year, which prompted Pyongyang to shut its border with China and ditch outside aid.
Kicking off a rare congress on Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his ambitious five-year economic plan unveiled in 2016 had “tremendously fell short of goals on almost every sector.”