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N.Korea economy declines at sharpest rate in decades

North Korea’s economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017, South Korea’s central bank says, in a clear sign international sanctions imposed to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes have hit growth hard. Grace Lee reports.