SEOUL, March 31 (Reuters) - South Korea's industrial output fell sharply in February while retail sales rebounded strongly from a loss in January, data showed on Friday.

The industrial output index fell 3.2% in February on the month after a 2.4% gain in January, whereas the retail sales index jumped 5.3% last month after a 1.1% drop in January, the Statistics Korea data showed. (Reporting by Choonsik Yoo Editing by Shri Navaratnam)