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year: Total trade fell below 3 billion for the first time since Kim Jong Un became the supreme leader following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011, according to The Japan Times. The latest data were released by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency. The total volume of North Korea's trade dove 48.8 percent from a year earlier to 2.84 billion last year, marking the second straight year of decline. ; In 2018, exports fell 86.3 percent to 243 million, while imports dropped 31.2 percent to 2.60 billion. In 2017, the U.N. Security Council decided to impose tighter sanctions aimed at preventing North Korea from developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, including putting caps on the country's imports of petroleum products and crude oil, as well as a ban on its coal exports. The agreement, reached t... /4973089/JT-teads googletag.cmd.push function googletag.display ; ; Twitter Facebook Linked In LATEST ASIA PACIFIC STORIESNorth Korea's Kim casts vote in local elections with '99.98%' turnout Under the thin veneer of supposedly free elections, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cast his ballot Sunday in nationwide polls to choose new deputies to the country's local assemblies, state-run me... Triads attack anti-government protesters in Hong Kong following another demonstration Hong Kong's opposition Democratic Party is investigating attacks by suspected triad gangsters on train passengers on Sunday, after a night of violence opened new fronts in the political crisis now ... China strikes secret deal to allow armed forces at Cambodian naval base report China will be able to place armed forces at a Cambodian naval base under a secret agreement the two nations have reached, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.