北韓

Dolphins and poodles point to Korean economic divide

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has added Chinese dolphins, French poodles, and African aphrodisiacs to the luxury goods he imports into the impoverished country, according to South Korean intelligence officials.

South Korea’s central bank, relying in part on information provided by the country’s security organs and defectors from the North, published data on Thursday which provide rare insight into economic mismanagement by its reclusive neighbour.

The statistics showed that its economy shrank 0.5 per cent in 2010, which would make the South’s gross national income 39 times larger than the North.

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