Korea's GDP up 0.3 percent in Q1, unchanged from earlier estimate

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Containers stacked up at a port in Busan on Thursday. [NEWS1]
Containers stacked up at a port in Busan on Thursday.

Korea’s economy grew 0.3 percent in the first quarter, remaining unchanged from the earlier estimate, according to the Bank of Korea Friday.  

Korea’s GDP grew 0.3 percent in the January-March period from a quarter earlier. The economy remained weak amid slow exports and limited impacts of China’s reopening.  

Korea’s Gross National Income (GNI) grew 1.9 percent on quarter. 

BY JIN MIN-JI [jin.minji@joongang.co.kr]