News
15 February 2016

Seoul unlikely to see $2.5bn it loaned to North Korea

Region:
Asia-Pacific

South Korea is unlikely to get back $2.5 billion in outstanding loans and interest payments it provided North Korea as relations between the two nations freeze. Almost all the funds were handled by the Export-Import Bank of Korea.

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