Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein Yonhap reports: The estimated expansion of the gross domestic product (GDP) represents a sharp turnaround from 2015 when the economy of one of the world’s most isolated countries shrank 1.1 percent due mainly to a drought. Last year’s growth is the highest since 1999 when North Korea’s economy expanded 6.1 percent, according … Continue reading North Korea’s economy grew by almost 4 percent in 2017, says BOK