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Posted inDiplomacy
Diplomatic Digest: Turnover in Atlanta’s Consular Corps During 2025
Besides the fact that they provide the first touch points for Atlanta companies doing business in their respective countries, these consuls, honorary consuls and trade officials end up becoming de facto ambassadors for the city and region they’ve come to call home. The South, they find, is a region of both political and economic dynamism.
Posted inEconomic Development
Global Atlanta’s Top 10 Most-Read Stories of 2025
Granting some outliers, our most-read stories this year show there is still a strong appetite for our bread-and-butter news content: stories that illuminate international investment and trade activity here in Georgia, with a heavy emphasis on productive expansions.
Posted inSouth Korea
Weekly Briefing: The Kemp Interview
Partnership Gwinnett is the presenting sponsor of Global Atlanta’s Korea Channel. Subscribe here for monthly Korea newsletters. November 15, 2025 | v33i13 – Read online | Subscribe This issue of […]
Posted inSouth Korea
Kemp Interview: Governor Says Korea Trip Changed the Narrative, Cleared the Air After ICE Raid
Despite the circumstances, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s third trip to South Korea in late October felt more like a homecoming than damage control.
Posted inSpecial Report: Circular City
No Quick Fixes for Atlanta Sustainability Startups, Mobility Giants Tackling Systemic Global Problems
Systems tend to work pretty well for the stakeholders who created them, but startups from Atlanta are taking the long road to disruption, implementing new technologies with global impact.
Posted inSouth Korea
Weekly Briefing | Fire and ICE: Mega Investments Continue Despite Headwinds
Partnership Gwinnett is the presenting sponsor of Global Atlanta’s Korea Channel. Subscribe here for monthly Korea newsletters. Oct. 1, 2025 | v33i12 | Subscribe This issue of the Global Atlanta […]
Posted inSouth Korea
Commentary: Develop Fulton Chair Urges Balance After Immigration Actions on Korean Firms in Georgia
The recent immigration enforcement actions in Georgia, which resulted in the detainment of more than 300 South Korean nationals, remind us of the delicate balance between upholding the laws of our land and leading with understanding in times of uncertainty, says Kwanza Hall, chairman of Develop Fulton.
Posted inSouth Korea
Kemp Set to Visit South Korea, Japan on First Asia Mission After ICE Raid
In the wake of the high-profile Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on Georgia’s prized Hyundai factory near Savannah, Gov. Brian Kemp is set to visit South Korea on an economic mission.
Posted inSouth Korea
Hyundai to Invest $2.7B in Georgia, Showing Commitment Despite Immigration Raid
Even after a Sept. 4 immigration raid that threw a wrench into its operations, Hyundai Motor Group this week said Thursday it would invest $2.7 billion more in Georgia, clarifying plans to create 3,000 more jobs at its Metaplant near Savannah.