Critics of what will be Georgia’s largest-ever foreign investment project are pointing to the arrest of 13 Korean nationals Thursday as proof that SK Battery has been skirting immigration laws during the construction of its $2.6 billion complex in Commerce. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made the arrests Wednesday at a home where the workers were […]
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SK Battery Installs Immigration Checks Amid Criticism of Hiring Practices at Korean-Owned Plant
SK Innovation is taking new steps to ensure immigration compliance at its $2.6 billion project in Jackson County amid growing evidence that foreign workers are displacing Americans during the construction process. The Korean electric-vehicle battery maker instituted daily document checks Thursday, a week after Rep. Doug Collins, a Republican whose district encompasses the plant, first asked Immigration and Customs […]
Faced With Tariffs, Korean Mattress Manufacturer to Invest $108M in Georgia, Hire 804
Korea-based Zinus USA Inc., a furniture and mattress manufacturer, is investing $108 million in a new Henry County factory that will employ 804 people. Gov. Brian Kemp, who traveled to Korea in 2019 to drum up business from a nation rapidly becoming one of Georgia’s biggest foreign investors, announced the deal with company executives in […]
Asian Diplomats: Contact-Tracing Apps, Tech Solutions Play Key Role in COVID-19 Fight
When Indonesian Consul General Nana Yuliana went home in April during the pandemic, she found a changed country. Indonesia had yet to reach its peak. It’s still seeing coronavirus case counts climb in hotspots like Jakarta, the capital city, and East Java. But even then the country had begun reckoning with a version of the […]
Korean Hospital Ships 10,000 Masks to Former Methodist Missionaries via Atlanta
In the latest local example of personal protective equipment being used as a goodwill currency, a Korean hospital has shipped 10,000 masks to retired Methodist missionaries via Atlanta, thanking them for their legacy of improving health care in the country. Severance Hospital of Yonsei University Health System sent the KF94 masks (similar in properties to the […]
Korean Factory to Create 600 New Jobs as Foreign Firms Sustain Georgia’s 2020 Investment Momentum
SK Innovation is set to break ground this month on a $940 million factory that will create some 600 jobs. That would be a coup in any year, but as the pandemic threatens a sustained downturn, the announcement was a particularly welcome shot in the arm for the state. It also comes on top of […]
Delta First to Restart China Passenger Flights From U.S.
Delta Air Lines Inc. restarted service to China June 25, launching flights to Shanghai from Seattle with a stopover in Seoul-Incheon. With the new service, Delta became the first U.S. carrier to reconnect the U.S. with China; it had suspended service in January. For a time in June, the Atlanta-based airline was caught in the […]
Korea Economic Institute’s Perspective on the Future of Supply Chains and Trade
Global supply chains will adopt a hybrid of global and regional models once the Covid-19 pandemic is contained, Troy Stangarone, a senior director and fellow of the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), concluded during a Zoom conference with members of the Southeast U.S. Korean Chamber of Commerce June 19. Mr. Stangarone was sensitive to […]
As Production Returns, Kia’s May Sales Recover Slightly After Brutal April
Kia Motors America said its sales fell by about a quarter in May compared to the previous year, an improvement from a dismal April in which sales of all the Korean auto maker’s models were down 38.4 percent as the coronavirus pandemic kept buyers at home. One bright spot for Georgia was that three of […]
How Korean Investors Are Aiding Georgia’s COVID-19 Response
Both new and established manufacturers from South Korea, which is making up an increasing portion of Georgia’s foreign-investment dollars, are contributing to the state’s COVID-19 response in varied ways. SK Innovation, which is in the process of investing in two factories making lithium-ion batteries for vehicles Jackson County, has donated $400,000 toward Augusta University’s coronavirus response, […]
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