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Doublestar chairman visits Korea to persuade labor union

As Kumho Tire continues to face fervent opposition from unionized labor regarding the sale of the company to China’s state-run tiremaker, Doublestar Chairman Chai Yongsen is visiting Korea to persuad...

Mar 21, 2018
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Kumho Tire to supply tires for BMW’s new X3

South Korean tiremaker Kumho Tire will supply its Crugen HP91 high performance original equipment tires to German luxury BMW’s new X3 SUV, diversifying its customer portfolio, the company said Tuesda...

Mar 20, 2018
Automode
Hyundai receives 733 preorders for Nexo on first day

Hyundai Motor received a total of 733 preorders on the first day of opening for its Nexo, the automaker’s latest sport utility vehicle powered by fuel cells, the company said Tuesday. The number of ...

Mar 20, 2018
Automode
Kia starts preorders of K9, plans to sell 26,000 a year

South Korean carmaker says K9 will compete with Mercedes’ E series

Mar 20, 2018
Automode
Toyota leads Korea’s hybrid car market

As carmakers compete in the eco-friendly vehicle market, Toyota Motor Korea is poised to lead the hybrid market here, achieving average annual growth of 82 percent, the company said Tuesday. Toyota ...

Mar 20, 2018
Automode
Pace quickens for Kumho Tire sale

Inching closer to a deadline set by the creditors of Kumho Tire for the protesting labor union to decide on selling the ailing company to Chinese tiremaker Doublestar, related parties are making all ...

Mar 19, 2018
Automode
US investigating deadly Hyundai, Kia airbag failures

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into a series of deadly crashes in which airbags in Hyundai and Kia cars failed to inflate. (Yonhap) The administra...

Mar 18, 2018
Automode
GM Korea posted highest productivity among 5 local automakers in 2012: report

Amid continued uncertainty surrounding the fate of GM Korea, a report Thursday showed that the automaker achieved the highest productivity per worker of any Korean carmaker, countering the company’s ...

Mar 15, 2018
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GM Korea needs to up operating rate to get back on track: report

Ailing automaker GM Korea Co. should raise its capacity utilization, cut fixed costs and receive a new cash injection of around 1 trillion won to get back on its feet, a report said Thursday. The re...

Mar 15, 2018
Automode
Toyota Korea releases Prius C hybrid with fuel, price efficiency

Toyota Korea has rolled out the Prius C hybrid compact car, boasting 19.4 kilometers per hour fuel economy and an affordable price tag of 24.9 million won ($23,400), with aims to bolster its hybrid v...

Mar 14, 2018
Automode
[Newsmaker] Engle in tug-of-war over fate of GM Korea

Will ex-head of GM’s Latin America operations save Korean unit?

Mar 13, 2018
Automode
[News Focus] Why is GM demanding foreign investment zone designation?

Amid a debacle over its plant shutdown, GM Korea applied Monday to Incheon Metropolitan City and South Gyeongsang Province for a designation of its remaining three plants as foreign investment zones ...

Mar 12, 2018
Automode
Audi receives permit to test level 3 automation in Korea

Audi Volkswagen Korea, the local distributor of the two German brands, has received a temporary permit from the Seoul government to test drive its level 3 automation here, marking the first among imp...

Mar 8, 2018
Automode
KDB chairman puts ball in GM’s court

Lee rejects GM’s request to cover part of debts, saying it’s none of KDB’s business

Mar 8, 2018
Automode
Hyundai denies oil leakage at Asan factory

Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s leading automaker, on Tuesday denied suspicions that its factory in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, had leaked cutting oil into a nearby lake, the company said. “We ar...

Mar 6, 2018
Automode

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