SEOUL, March 2 (Reuters) - South Korea's factory output
unexpectedly rose in January from a month earlier, official data
showed on Thursday, but fell more than expected on an annual
basis.
The country's factory production rose 2.9% on a seasonally
adjusted monthly basis, according to Statistics Korea, compared
with a 3.1% loss in the previous month and no change expected in
a Reuters poll.
It dropped 12.7% from the same month a year earlier, after
falling 10.5% in December. It was worse than the 8.9% expected
in the survey.
(Reporting by Jihoon Lee
Editing by Chris Reese)
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