S. Korea's economic growth accelerates in Q1: Yonhap

By Park Sae-jin Posted : April 27, 2017, 08:15 Updated : April 27, 2017, 08:15

[Aju News DB]


South Korea's economy grew at a faster pace in the first quarter than three months earlier due to increased construction investment and exports, central bank data showed Thursday.

In the January-March period, the country's gross domestic product (GDP) increased 0.9 percent from the previous quarter, improving from a 0.5 percent on-quarter expansion three months earlier, according to preliminary data from the Bank of Korea (BOK).

From a year earlier, Asia's fourth-largest economy grew 2.7 percent.

(Yonhap)

 
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