While not entirely sanguine about the recovery of the U.S. economy, Jim Glassman, managing director and head economist for commercial banking at JP Morgan Chase & Co., maintained a fairly reassuring tone during his Zoom-based conference call with members of the Southeast U.S. Korean Chamber of Commerce on Friday, March 27. His main concern seemed […]
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Kia’s Georgia Plant to Suspend Production for Two Weeks Starting March 30
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia is set to suspend production at the West Point plant for two weeks starting March 30, the Korean-owned auto maker announced Tuesday. The west Georgia factory that churns out 340,000 vehicles annually shut down production for two days last week, but employees returned to work Monday. The planned two-week closure will include […]
Southeast U.S. Korean Chamber of Commerce Launches ‘COVID-19 Impact’ Conferences
During this period of “social distancing” and online collaboration, the Southeast U.S. Korean Chamber of Commerce is launching a series of web-based “COVID-19 Impact” video conferences. The conferences are to feature guest speakers from around the world on a variety of topics including banking, the economy, human resource issues, taxes, trade unemployment, H.R. 6201 Families […]
Delta Reducing South Korea Flights as COVID-19 Cases Grow
Delta Air Lines Inc. is reducing its weekly flights from the U.S. to South Korea, which has quickly become the country worst hit by the novel coronavirus outside of China. COVID-19 cases rose to nearly 1,300 in the country Feb. 26, mostly concentrated around Daegu, a city home to about 2.5 million people about 150 miles […]
Kemp at Kiwanis: Focus Is on Combating Gangs and Attracting Foreign Investment
Gov. Brian Kemp described at the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta’s luncheon this week how much of his current agenda is focused on global issues, ranging from breaking up the narcotics activities of Georgia-based criminal gangs to foreign direct investment. He began his presentation Jan. 28 at the Loudermilk Conference Center downtown by announcing his administration’s […]
Georgia Lands First Korean Supplier to Car Battery Plant
Georgia has landed the first Korean suppler to the electric vehicle battery plant that will serve as the single largest foreign investment in the state’s history. EnChem, which makes electrolytes that go into rechargeable lithium batteries and other energy storage devices, will put two separate facilities next to the nearly $1.7 billion SK Innovation plant in […]
Attendees at Korean Chamber Dinner Asked to Bring Questions for Former Ambassador
The 2020 Census should settle the questions about how many Korean-Americans are living in the U.S. Southeast. For now, however, the estimates of the Korean Consulate General based in Atlanta are about as good as you can get and the consulate’s estimate for the seven states and the Virgin Islands, over which it has jurisdiction, […]
Korea’s Doosan Expands in Gwinnett, Prepares to Receive County’s International Award
Fresh off a trip to South Korea, the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce has announced that it’s honoring long-time investor Doosan Industrial Vehicle with an international award at its annual dinner in January. Gwinnett officials including county Chair Charlotte Nash and newly appointed chamber CEO Nick Masino visited Doosan’s global headquarters in Seoul in October, announcing […]
Georgia Hosts More International Students Despite Weaker Picture Nationally
Georgia’s universities continued to attract more international students over the past year, posting solid gains despite a flat growth rate nationally. The state hosted 23,623 students from around the world in 2018-19, a 3.7 percent growth rate that was considerably slower than last year’s nearly 6 percent year-over-year growth. But Georgia looked stellar compared to […]
Senior Korean Official Promotes Development of the DMZ as Peacebuilding Opportunity
While tensions between North and South Korea remain acute, South Korea’s deputy foreign minister in Atlanta Nov. 19 cited the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two countries as an important stepping stone to a lasting peace between them. Ambassador Chang Jae-bok’s address to a luncheon of the Atlanta Council on International Relations at the Piedmont […]
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