SEOUL: South Korea’s central bank left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low of 1.75 percent on Friday, following signs of a growth in the first quarter.

The Bank of Korea has carried out three rate cuts since the second half of last year—in August, October and March—in a bid to shore up growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.

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