Refrigerator and display assembly for refrigerator

A refrigerator, comprising:

• a door that opens and closes a storage space;
• a door panel that forms an outer appearance of the door and is made of a metal material;
• a dispenser provided on the door and mounted to the door panel;
• and
• a display mounted on one side of the dispenser that displays an activation state of the refrigerator and configured to receive a touch input so as to activate an operation of the refrigerator, wherein the display includes:
• a display plate formed of a same metal material as the door panel to form an outer appearance of a front surface of the display, the display plate having a display portion including a plurality of fine through-holes to display the activation state and an operation portion operated by the touch input;
• a touch printed circuit board (PCB) provided on a rear surface of the display plate and including a plurality of touch sensors provided at positions corresponding to the operation portion;
• a display PCB on which a light emitting device (LED) that radiates light toward the plurality of through-holes of the display portion is mounted;
• and
• a display cover in close contact with the rear surface of the display plate and on which the touch PCB and the display PCB are mounted.