The cash-strapped regime has been under multiple UN sanctions for decades over its weapons programmes and has blamed them for its economic woes. AFP takes a look at some of the sanctions. North Korea has little oil of its own, relying on imports to keep its citizens and soldiers moving. According to figures on the UN sanctions committee's website, between them China and Russia reported supplies of around 340,000 barrels of refined products to the North last year. IMPACTBefore the measure was imposed, North Korea reportedly earned around $200 million a year from the products -- around 30 percent of its exports by value.

Source: Daily Nation March 01, 2019 10:18 UTC