SEOUL: South Korea’s economic growth picked up in the third quarter on revived consumer spending and a government stimulus package, the Bank of Korea said on Friday.

Gross domestic product rose a seasonally adjusted 0.9 percent from the April June-period, which had recorded growth of 0.5 percent from the first quarter.

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