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Analysis: Will North Korea's economy survive the sanctions?

Analysis: Will North Korea's economy survive the sanctions?

Sanctions are having devastating effects on North Korea's economy

The country's economy is in decline for the second year in a row.

Exports out of North Korea plunged 86 percent in 2018 as sanctions took effect.

Al Jazeera talks to Aidan Foster-Carter, an honorary senior research fellow in sociology in modern Korea at Leeds University.

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