S. Korea's industrial output grows 0.8 pct in April

South Korea's industrial output grew in April for the first time in four months amid still lingering economic uncertainties, a government report showed Thursday.

According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries increased 0.8 percent last month from a month earlier. From a year ago, it grew 1.7 percent, bouncing back from two consecutive months of contractions.

The output in the service sector also grew 0.2 percent on-month in April. It also gained 2.6 percent compared with a year earlier, the report showed.