SEOUL -- South Korea's economy contracted 1.4% in the first three months of 2020 from the previous quarter, marking the biggest drop since 2008 as the coronavirus pandemic battered the export-driven country.
The Bank of Korea said Thursday that gross domestic product shrank in the first quarter mainly due to a negative spillover from China, which shut down many of its economic activities in the period.
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