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Seoul, Jan 30 (IANS) South Korea’s industrial output grew at the slowest pace in five years in 2025, despite strong growth in the semiconductor industry, while retail sales and facility investment showed signs of improvement, government data showed on Friday.Industrial output gained 0.5 percent from a year earlier in 2025, slowing from a 1.5 percent increase the previous year, according to the data from the Ministry of Statistics and Data, reports Yonhap news agency.The 2025 figure marks the wea…