Industry
S. Korea's industrial output grows 1.8 pct on-month in Aug.
Sept. 30, 2013
South Korea's industrial output grew at the fastest pace in nine months in August, raising expectations that economic conditions are improving, a government report showed Monday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries expanded 1.8 percent last month from a month earlier, a turnaround from a revised 0.3 percent fall in July.This represented the sharpest on-month expansion since November last year when it gained 2.1 perce