[Photo] Economic Growth Rate Hits Lowest in 10 Years

On the 22nd, construction was in full swing at a building in Myeongdong, Seoul. On this day, the Bank of Korea announced through the '2019 Q4 and Annual Real Gross Domestic Product (Preliminary)' report that the real GDP growth rate remained around 2% due to factors such as a slowdown in private consumption and export growth, as well as sluggish facility investment. /Reporter Mun Honam munonam@