SEOUL: Asia’s fourth-largest economy grew slightly more than previously thought in each of the past two years, South Korean authorities said Tuesday.

The central Bank of Korea raised its figure for the 2016 economic growth rate by 0.1 percentage points to 2.8 percent, saying the manufacturing sector performed better than earlier estimated.

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