11.   North Korea has been accused of resorting to money counterfeiting and weapons smuggling to earn foreign exchange for its failing communist economy.

12.   North Korea is facing famine and badly needs outside investment to revive its failing economy.

13.   Rubin said countries with weak monetary policy were to blame for failing economies, not the IMF.

14.   The failing economy is only part of it.

15.   Their outspoken criticism, and its publication in the government-controlled press, suggested that elements within the leadership are worried about repercussions of the failing economy.

16.   North Korean officials want to export zinc in exchange for hard currency to bolster their failing economy.