The real GDP continued to increase for the eighth consecutive quarter since the third quarter of 2020, according to data from the Bank of Korea (BOK).
Private consumption expanded 3.0 percent in the April-June quarter from the three months earlier as the government lifted all measures against the COVID-19 pandemic except an indoor mask mandate.
Facility investment fell 1.0 percent, but construction investment added 0.6 percent in the second quarter.
Export retreated 3.1 percent in the second quarter from the previous quarter, while import fell 0.8 percent.
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