Korean car manufacturer Kia Motors Corp. made its U.S. racing debut Jan. 29 at Daytona International Speedway, partnering with an Atlanta company, Kinetic Group, to enter two cars in the...
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Posted inArchive, Economic Development, South Korea
Bright Spot: Kia Leads Korean Charge
Note: This article is one in a five-part series on bright spots in a dim 2009. Overview In 2009, a Korea–U.S. free trade agreement that could boost trade by an...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development, South Korea
Gwinnett Links Up With Korean Port City
The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce has established informal ties with Busan, a South Korean city home to 3.6 million people and the world's fifth busiest container port. A 15-person delegation...
Posted inArchive, Business, South Korea
Kia’s Hiring Again
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Inc. has reopened its online job application process for the first time since February 2008. The initial hiring phase for the Korean automaker's West Point plant...
Posted inArchive, Business, South Korea
Kia’s Profits Soar, Georgia Plant Nears Production
Kia Motors Corp. posted record quarterly profits of about $340 million on Oct. 23, the same day the company began making its first production-level Sorento SUV at its West Point...
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DeCosta Headed to Malaysia for Conference
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Aviation General Manager Ben DeCosta is headed to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the annual meeting of the world's largest airport trade group. Mr. DeCosta will attend...
Posted inArchive, Business, South Korea
Georgia Groups Voice Support for Korea FTA
When South Korean Consul General Hae-jin Chun touted the benefits of the proposed Korea-U.S. free trade agreement during a Sept. 17 speech in West Point, he was likely preaching to...
Posted inArchive, Business, South Korea
Hundreds More Kia Workers Headed to Korea
Kia Motors will send about 400 plant workers from Georgia to South Korea for training in September alone, doubling the number of employees sent to Korea in all previous months...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development, South Korea
Guest Commentary: Southeast Would Profit from U.S.-Korea Trade Deal
Hae-jin Chun has been South Korea's consul general in the Southeast since August 2008. This commentary is adapted from a speech he gave Sept. 10 during a Korea-Southeast U.S. Chamber...
Posted inArchive, Business, South Korea
Portman’s 151-Story Tower and Korea’s High Aspirations
Exercise your imagination, and you can almost see it rising, a herculean, two-pronged skyscraper marking the transition from ocean to land on South Korea‘s northwestern coast. In the mind’s eye,...