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SK's output blurs hope for recovery

SOUTH Korea's industrial output shrank for the first time in five months in January, official figures showed yesterday, dampening hopes for a robust recovery for Asia's fourth-largest economy.

Production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries shrank a seasonally adjusted 1.5 percent compared with December, marking the first monthly fall since August, state-run Statistics Korea said.

Compared with a year earlier, January's reading was up 7.3 percent.

Auto production rose nearly 18 percent from a year ago and 1.5 percent from December, but many other major sectors showed a sharp decline.

Production of electronic devices such as mobile phones shrank 10.1 percent from a month ago and 6.8 percent from a year ago. Computer production also fell 4.4 percent from December and 62.6 percent from a year earlier.


 

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