SEOUL: South Korea’s central bank on Thursday cut the country’s growth outlook and kept the key interest rate unchanged at a record low as exports sputters and demand slumps.

The Bank of Korea (BOK) said it expects the economy to expand 2.7 percent this year, just three months after cutting its forecast to 2.8 percent.

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