North Korea's
economy shrank in 2018 for a second straight year, and by the most in 21 years, as it was battered by international
sanctions aimed at stopping its nuclear programme and by drought, South Korea's central bank said on Friday.
North Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 4.1% last year in real terms, the worst since 1997 and the second consecutive year of decline after a 3.5% fall in 2017, the South's Bank of Korea estimated.
North Korea does not disclose any statistics on its economy.