Facility investment in S. Korea reaches 4-year high in 2025

Seoul, Nov 2 (IANS) Facility investment in South Korea surged to a four-year high during the first nine months of this year, driven by the automotive and semiconductor sectors, data showed on Sunday.

The overall facility investment index across all industries rose 4.3 percent in the January-September period from a year earlier, the largest increase since 2021, when the figure jumped 11.3 percent on-year, according to the data from the Ministry of Data and Statistics.