South Korea's industrial output grew for the 20th straight month in February, indicating that the nation's economy is continuing to expand, a government report showed Thursday.

   According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining and manufacturing industries rose 9.1 percent last month from the same month a year earlier. Output has increased since July 2009.

   Output was fueled mainly by semiconductors, components and machinery equipment. From a month earlier, however, production fell 2.3 percent due to sluggish output of automobiles and clothes, the report showed.

Source: Yonhap News (March 31, 2011)