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Export-bound containers are seen at the Pyeongtaek port in Gyeonggi on April 11. [YONHAP]

Industrial output, retail sales, facility investment gain ground in March

Korea's industrial output, retail sales and facility investment all rose from a month earlier in March, official data showed Thursday.

2026.4.30

A view shows Samsung Electronics' chip production plant at Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on Sept. 7, 2022. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Industrial output growth slows to five-year low in 2025

Korea's industrial output grew at the slowest pace in five years in 2025, while retail sales and facility investment also grew at a moderate pace, government data showed Friday.

2026.1.30

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Visitors view SK hynix semiconductor products on view at the SK AI Summit 2025 held at Coex, southern Seoul, on Nov. 3. [NEWS1]

Industrial output expands in November, retail sales post sharpest fall in 21 months

Korea's industrial output grew from a month earlier in November, driven by robust semiconductor production, while retail sales fell at their fastest pace in 21 months, government data showed Tuesday.

2025.12.30

Export-ready cars are parked at a port in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, on June 30. [YONHAP]

Industrial production slides 1.1% on weak manufacturing, construction

Korea’s industrial production declined last month as new U.S. tariffs and prolonged weakness in major sectors pushed both output and investment sharply lower, while consumer spending remained stagnant as well.

2025.6.30

This file photo, provided by Samsung Electronics Co. on Sept. 7, 2022, shows its production line in the city of Pyeongtaek, about 60 kilometers south of Seoul. [YONHAP]

Industrial output up 0.9 percent in March; retail sales down 0.3 percent

Korea's industrial output edged up in March from the previous month, supported by strong semiconductor production, despite a prolonged slump, data showed Wednesday.

2025.4.30

A government official looks around SK hynix's semiconductor factory in Cheongju, North Chungcheong. [NEWS1]

Korea's industrial output inches up in November on strong chip sector

Industrial production rose 0.5 percent on-month after a 1.8 percent decline logged a month earlier, according to Statistics Korea data released Wednesday.

2023.12.28

Vehicles from the production line at Kia’s plant in Gwangju on Nov. 2. The shortage of vehicle chips has led to sharp decline in automobile production affecting the country’s overall industrial output. [YONHAP]

Industrial production up 4.5% on year in October, down on month

Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki cited fewer workdays as the major reason for the decline in month-on-month industrial output. He also noted the global supply crisis affecting the production of automobiles and investment.

2021.11.30

Rice harvest increases for the first time in six years, up 10.7%

Korea’s rice output rose for the first time in six years due mainly to favorable weather conditions and an increase in the cultivation area, data showed Monday.

2021.11.15

A vacant store in Myeong-dong, Seoul, on Thursday. As the government social distancing regulation continued many shops went out of business,. The latest study by Statistics Korea has found that industrial production, sales and investment all fell compared to July, which was when the social distancing regulation was heightened due to the delta variant. [YONHAP]

Economic indicators not very strong in August

Industrial production grew in August along with retail sales and investment in facilities compared to a year earlier. However, compared to July, all three categories saw declines as a result of social distancing regulations and the pandemic.

2021.9.30

Eo Woon-sun, a senior official at Statistics Korea’s short-term economic statistics department., announces May's industrial output report at the government complex in Sejong on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Industrial production grows at fastest rate in more than a decade

Industrial production rose 15.6 percent in May on year, Statistics Korea reported Wednesday, the fastest rate since June 2010. On month, it fell 0.7 percent.

2021.6.30