Despite an uptick in consumption... output across all industries in Korea dropped zero-point-eight percent in February compared to the same month last year.<br /> Statistics Korea says most of the gains came from the mining and manufacturing sectors on increased output from the automobile and semiconductor sectors.<br />Retail sales increased by around one-percent.<br />However output in the services sector edged down zero-point-one-percent from the previous month,... recording a fifth straight month of decline.<br />The statistics agency projects the construction sector to worsen in the coming weeks as orders plunged by nearly 40 percent on-year in February. <br />
