In August, production of local kimchi refrigerators and washing machines posted double-digit increases on a year-on-year basis, helped by the robust demand for them with a wedding and house-moving season moving seasons ahead, according to the recent statistics from the National Statistical Office. In contrast, output of ordinary TVs and room air conditioners decreased for the second consecutive month in August. Production of FPD TVs and micro-wave ovens slightly increased. With a surge of 13.0 percent in August, following an upward trend in the previous month on a year-on-year basis, the aggregate shipments of personal computers from January through August were larger than the figures in the same period of any other years in the past.
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