The parade of Korean suppliers for the Kia Motors plant in West Point continued this week, as Hyundai Dymos announced plans to open a $35 million factory that is to create 350 jobs. The company makes manual transmissions,...
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Posted inArchive, Diplomacy, South Korea
Korean Consul General Kim: ‘Koreans Have Embraced Gwinnett’
The Korean consul general in Atlanta, He-beom Kim, selected the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce in Duluth as the venue to celebrate legislation making it easier for foreign business leaders to...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development, South Korea
When It Comes to Air Travel Partners, Atlanta’s Got Seoul
As if Korean Air needed more motivation to deploy massive Airbus A380s on its routes from Seoul to Atlanta this August, the Brookings Institution provided it with a recent study. ...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development, South Korea
Report: Auto Parts Manufacturing Employs More Than 16,000 Georgians
Georgia is No. 15 among states for jobs supported by auto parts manufacturing, according to a new report that revealed the state’s strength nationally but also that it lags Southern neighbors...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development, South Korea
Georgia Reps: Korea Ties Go Beyond Auto Suppliers
The big Korean investment story in Georgia over the last decade was the arrival of Kia Motors America‘s billion-dollar plant in West Point. Announced in 2006, it came online in 2009, bringing along a multitude of...
Posted inArchive, South Korea, Trade
Korean Consul: Korea-U.S. FTA Beginning to Bear Fruit
When the Korea–U.S. free trade agreement was first signed in 2007, it was heralded as the most important trade agreement for the U.S. since Nafta and its benefits for both...
Posted inArchive, Business, South Korea
Georgia-made Kia Named Car of the Year
The Kia Optima, the Korean automaker’s Georgia-made sedan, has been named one of Road & Travel magazine’s 10 international cars of the year. The Optima in 2012 surpassed the Sorento, an...
Posted inMalaysia
Our Travels: Malaysia – Inviting Investment
While serving as an investment officer at the Consulate General of Malaysia in New York, Phang Ah Tong was responsible for the preparations of the Atlanta visit in 2005 of...
Posted inArchive, Business, South Korea
Korea Auto Parts Firm to Expand in Meriwether County
Mando Corp., a Seoul, Korea-based auto parts manufacturer, is to expand its presence in Meriwether County with a 117,000-square-foot facility to complement the activities of its current plant there. Gov....
Posted inArchive, Business, South Korea
Kia to Sponsor Atlanta’s College Football Hall of Fame
Kia Motors America has inked a sponsorship deal with the College Football Hall of Fame, a $66.5 million facility set to open in Atlanta in 2014. The hall of fame will be...