South Korea

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 […]

South Korea

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 […]

Foreign Firms Played Key Role in Record-Breaking Year for Georgia Investment

Nearly half of all Georgia’s record-breaking $7.4 billion in investment recruited over the last fiscal year came from foreign-based companies, according to figures the state released this week while celebrating yet another top business ranking. More than 44 percent of the announced investment capital — or $3.28 billion — came from overseas during the fiscal […]

Korean Firms Break Into U.S. Government Sales Through Atlanta

Korean investment and trade may be going strong in Georgia, but there’s one sales channel that can always be problematic when you’re crossing the world to enter a new market: procurement. Even the closest trading partners of the U.S. like Canada and Mexico face challenges netting lucrative federal or state contracts. “The biggest hurdle is […]

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