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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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Hyundai Motor to pay out W120b over fuel efficiency
Hyundai Motor Co., may have to pay around 120 billion won ($111.4 million) to consumers in its home market for exaggerating the fuel efficiency of its diesel-powered Santa Fe sport utility vehicle, the government said Monday.According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the R2.0 engine, two-wheel-drive model of the popular SUV did not meet its reported mileage. The carmaker has appealed the results and asked for another test, whose results are expected late next month.Hyundai
Feb. 24, 2014
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[Photo News] Most powerful Jaguar
Feb. 23, 2014
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BMW i3 redefines electric mobility
BMW’s first full-electric car, the i3, will make its Korean debut in April. The premium German carmaker is confident that its futuristic styling, combined with driving agility, will make the car a game-changer in the nation’s nascent electric car market.“The i3 will be an electric car that doesn’t compromise performance,” was the promise from Kim Hyo-joon, BMW Korea’s chief executive. The four-door compact features a wholly different design concept from the typical BMW family, with the brand’s s
Feb. 23, 2014
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Hankook Tire ranks in Best Korea Brands
Leading tire maker Hankook Tire was included in Interbrand’s Best Korea Brands ranking for this year, according to the global brand consultancy last week.Hankook was chosen because its brand value climbed 16 percent compared to last year to reach 899.5 billion won ($838 million). This pushed it up one notch to 25th place among Korean brands in terms of brand value in the Interbrand survey.Last year, Hankook Tire ranked among the top 10 tire makers in the world. Hankook was the only tire-making b
Feb. 23, 2014
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Mercedes-Benz CLS breeds new coupe segment
Daimler AG can dare say that it has successfully pioneered a new segment in the auto industry with the award-winning Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class, which has redefined the coupe.Originally, coupes referred to cars that do not have rear seats. Then, for a long time, the term applied to any two-door car, though it may not be a two-seater.But now the German automotive group has secured yet another meaning for the word, giving customers the additional choice of a “four-door coupe.”In 2003, Mercedes-Benz i
Feb. 23, 2014
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Volkswagen profit lifted by record deliveries at Porsche
Volkswagen AG, Europe’s largest carmaker, reported an 18 percent gain in fourth-quarter profit as record sales at its luxury Audi and Porsche brands offset spending on developing new models and expanding production.Earnings before interest and taxes rose to 3.11 billion euros ($4.27 billion) from 2.64 billion euros a year earlier, according to Bloomberg calculations using the Wolfsburg, Germany-based automaker’s full-year and nine-month results. Profit missed the 3.17 billion euro average of 11
Feb. 23, 2014
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Mexico to trump Japan as No. 2 car exporter to U.S.
Mexico is on track to replace the Asian automotive giant, Japan, as the second-largest exporter of cars to the United States by the end of the year.An $800 million Honda plant opening Friday in the central state of Guanajuato will produce about 200,000 Fit hatchbacks a year, helping push total Mexican car exports to the U.S. to 1.7 million in 2014, roughly 200,000 more than Japan, consulting firm IHS Automotive says. And, with another big plant starting next week, Mexico is expected to surpass C
Feb. 23, 2014
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Hyundai Motor’s vice chairman urges quality improvement in U.S.
Hyundai Motor Group vice chairman Chung Eui-sun urged workers at the automotive conglomerate’s production facility in Georgia to redouble their efforts to improve quality, company sources said Wednesday.Chung, the son and heir-apparent of Hyundai Motor Co. chairman Chung Mong-koo, flew to the U.S. to tour the Montgomery, Georgia plant and production facilities of parts suppliers, a visit that followed sales reports showing the U.S. market share of the company, the automotive group’s flagship bra
Feb. 20, 2014
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Controversial court ruling fans Ssangyong concerns
Ssangyong Motor on Tuesday pledged to appeal a recent court ruling that ordered the carmaker to reinstate workers who had been dismissed in accordance with legitimate laws and regulations. The company said the main reason for its decision was its concern that the ruling may hurt its sales, which were just starting to pick up, and dampen employees’ morale. On Feb. 7, the Seoul High Court ordered the carmaker to reinstate 153 of the workers who were laid off in 2009 as part of restructuring plans
Feb. 18, 2014
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Toyota may be fined for violating safety requirements
Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. is likely to be fined for violating a safety requirement and recall of cars of its leading popular models, a government official said Monday.According to Yoon Jin-hwan, the head of the transport ministry’s motor vehicles management division, the Japanese automaker has agreed to recall 5,232 vehicles of six models starting on March 27 for substandard materials surrounding seat heaters that can catch fire. “The automaker will also be fined as it failed to meet
Feb. 17, 2014
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Hyundai Motor vice chairman to visit U.S. this week
Hyundai Motor Group vice chairman Chung Eui-sun is expected to visit the automotive conglomerate’s production facility and main sales office in the United States this week.The visit comes as sales of Hyundai Motor Co., the group’s flagship brand, fell behind the pace of the rebound in the U.S. car market last year, hurting its overall market share.Chung will travel to the Montgomery, Georgia plant and Hyundai Motor America headquarters in California. The visit is viewed as a move by the group to
Feb. 17, 2014
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Infiniti Q50 redefines luxury
The Japanese luxury car brand Infiniti is signaling a new direction of its technology, design and performance philosophy with the recent local launch of the refashioned sports sedan Q50. “The Infiniti brand has become a leader in modern luxury and high-performance cars,” Infiniti Korea CEO Takehiko Kikuchi said at a launching event in Seoul last week. “With the Q50, we want to redefine luxury.”The Q50, a replacement for the Infiniti G37 sedan, is the first Infiniti model after the carmaker annou
Feb. 16, 2014
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Sewage-derived fuel powers Hyundai’s California green dream
Jack Brouwer isn’t bothered by the bouquet of biosolids.Brouwer, a scientist at the University of California at Irvine, pioneered a method for deriving pure hydrogen from human waste, food scraps and other matter flushed from homes. While the aroma surrounding his prototype project at the Orange County Sanitation District’s Fountain Valley waste facility isn’t for everyone, for Brouwer it bears the whiff of promise. “It smells like money,” he said. That’s because the hydrogen made by Brouwer’s s
Feb. 16, 2014
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Hyundai Mobis opens proving ground in China
Hyundai Mobis, Korea’s leading auto parts maker affiliated with Hyundai Motor, last Tuesday finished constructing its winter proving ground in northeastern China.The company said that the test site is some 125 kilometers from Heihe municipality in Heilongjiang province, one of the world’s most suitable locations for cold weather automotive testing along with Arjeplog in Sweden and Wanaka in New Zealand.The average temperature lingers at minus 20 degrees Celsius and can fall as low as 42 degrees
Feb. 16, 2014
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Navistar to heat up Korea’s truck market
Navistar International released its signature ProStar commercial trucks in Korea on Wednesday, becoming the first U.S. truck maker to enter the market since the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement went into effect in March 2012. The International ProStar is a 6-by-4 with 475 horsepower and 235 kilograms per meter of torque. Aerodynamics contribute to 50 percent of overall fuel economy, which makes it critical for a vehicle to be designed to minimize drag, Navistar said, adding that the vehicle’s aer
Feb. 16, 2014
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BMW i3 electric car to debut in April
BMW Korea CEO Kim Hyo-joon said Thursday that the German carmaker’s first full electric model, the i3, will hit the Korean market in April, putting its sales forecast at 250 units this year. “Due to the global supply constraint, we have secured only 250 i3 cars this year. The figure will make up 25 percent of the total electric car sales this year in Korea,” he said at a press conference held at Hyatt Regency Incheon. “Electric cars are perfect for commuting within megacities like Seoul,” he sai
Feb. 13, 2014
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Hyundai car sales in India dip 2.6% in January
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s largest carmaker, said Wednesday its sales in India contracted 2.6 percent on-year in January, mainly due to sluggish overall demand on the subcontinent.The company, the flagship of Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s fifth-largest automotive conglomerate, said sales hit 33,405 units in the first month of the year, down from 34,302 units a year earlier.India is the world’s third-largest single car market, and an important production and export base for the carmaker
Feb. 12, 2014
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[Photo News] Infiniti Q50
Feb. 11, 2014
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[Photo News] The 1-liter car
Feb. 10, 2014
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Bosch seeks bigger role in Hyundai’s diesel strategy
Hyundai Motor may have failed to gain an early edge in the nation’s diesel car market currently dominated by German luxury brands, but it has great potential for reversing the trend, said Markus Heyn, president of Bosch’s diesel systems division. “Hyundai is now capable of delivering attractive diesel vehicles into the market. And Bosch is here to support the efforts,” he told The Korea Herald on Friday at the Korean headquarters in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. Touted for their torque and fuel ec
Feb. 9, 2014