SEOUL, March 31 (Reuters) - South Korea's industrial
output fell sharply in February while retail sales rebounded
strongly from a loss in January, data showed on Friday.
The industrial output index fell 3.2% in February on the
month after a 2.4% gain in January, whereas the retail sales
index jumped 5.3% last month after a 1.1% drop in January, the
Statistics Korea data showed.
(Reporting by Choonsik Yoo
Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
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