A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet having a storage compartment (11, 12, 13); a door hingedly connected to the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment; a drawer provided in the storage compartment; a sensor configured to sense whether the door is open; an electric driving unit configured to drive the drawer such that the drawer is withdrawn forward when it is sensed that the door is open, wherein the door and the drawer are provided separately such that a force for opening the door and a force for withdrawing the drawer are independent of each other, wherein the electric driving unit is configured to automatically withdraw the drawer to a ready position spaced apart forward from an initial position of the drawer by a predetermined distance, and wherein the ready position is between the initial position and a maximum withdrawal position of the drawer; and an elastic device configured to be elastically deformed when the drawer moves from the initial position to the ready position, characterized in that a connection between the elastic device and the drawer is released at the ready position or a position adjacent to the ready position maintaining the elastic deformation such that the drawer is further withdrawn manually at the ready position to the maximum withdrawal position, and the elastic device is connected with the drawer when the drawer moves from the maximum withdrawal position to the ready position or the position adjacent to the ready position such that the elastic device provides an elastic restoring force to the drawer from the ready position to the initial position. a cabinet having a storage compartment (11, 12, 13); a door hingedly connected to the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment; a drawer provided in the storage compartment; a sensor configured to sense whether the door is open; an electric driving unit configured to drive the drawer such that the drawer is withdrawn forward when it is sensed that the door is open, wherein the door and the drawer are provided separately such that a force for opening the door and a force for withdrawing the drawer are independent of each other, wherein the electric driving unit is configured to automatically withdraw the drawer to a ready position spaced apart forward from an initial position of the drawer by a predetermined distance, and wherein the ready position is between the initial position and a maximum withdrawal position of the drawer; and an elastic device configured to be elastically deformed when the drawer moves from the initial position to the ready position, characterized in that a connection between the elastic device and the drawer is released at the ready position or a position adjacent to the ready position maintaining the elastic deformation such that the drawer is further withdrawn manually at the ready position to the maximum withdrawal position, and the elastic device is connected with the drawer when the drawer moves from the maximum withdrawal position to the ready position or the position adjacent to the ready position such that the elastic device provides an elastic restoring force to the drawer from the ready position to the initial position.