S. Korea's industrial output advances in Dec.
SEJONG, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output advanced in December from a month earlier, helped by demand for automobiles and semiconductors, a government report showed Friday.
According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries moved up 3 percent last month from a month earlier. Compared with a year earlier, it inched up 0.4 percent.
Production in the service sector, however, remained flat on-month and expanded 3 percent from a year earlier, the report showed.
For all industries, output moved up 0.9 percent from November and rose 1.8 percent vis-a-vis December 2013.
The report showed that for 2014, as a whole, industrial output stood still compared to 2013, with services gaining 2.2 percent on-year. For all industries, numbers moved up 1.1 percent from the previous year.
yonngong@yna.co.kr
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