Guardian.co.uk, 28 Nov 2008, Reuters
BANGKOK/SEOUL, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Asia's tiger economies took a bigger hit from the global slowdown sooner than expected as South Korea's industrial output fell sharply in October and Thailand posted its slowest export growth in six years.
The economic crisis that has gripped the developed world has started to bite in what had been one of the world's fastest-growing regions and a rise in political risk in Thailand and India could exacerbate the growing economic problems.
Although Indian annual economic growth between July and September came in stronger than expected in a Reuters poll at 7.6 percent, data on Friday showed, it marked the slowest pace of expansion in almost four years.
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