N. Korea selling off minerals to China in frantic bid for hard currency

By World Tribune on June 14, 2012   China, Exclusives, Intel Brief, NE Asia, North Korea, South Korea  

Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com North Korea’s exports surged more than 84 percent last year to $2.79 billion on the back of bigger shipments of natural resources to China as Pyongyang seeks hard currency to finance its huge political gala events held earlier this year. South Korea’s trade agency says North Korean exports […]