More than 146,000 domestic and imported vehicles are being recalled in South Korea after defects were found, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on Thursday. The recalls cover 38 models, totaling 146,505 vehicles, from six automakers - BYD, Hyundai Motor, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and Volvo. Volvo's recall was the largest, covering 55,405 vehicles across seven models including the XC60 due to a faulty 48-volt ge

Kia, an affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, sold 1.63 million vehicles in cumulative sales for the first six months of this year at home and abroad. According to the automaker, it was the highest-ever first-half figure since Kia began selling vehicles in 1962. In June alone, it sold 295,720 vehicles worldwide, up 9.5 percent from a year earlier including 54,508 at home and 240,259 overseas. It also sold about 953 special-purpose vehicles, including 473 in the

Seoul metropolitan government announced Tuesday that it will become the first city in South Korea to put a Level 4 autonomous taxi on the road, with the self-driving service set to launch in November in the Sangam neighborhood of Mapo District. The plan is part of a list of policy changes and public services the city has scheduled for the second half of 2026. The robotaxi will be available through a regular taxi-hailing app, allowing passengers to call th

Automaker Hyundai Motor on Monday called on its labor union, which secured the right to strike last week, to resume wage talks. CEO Choi Young-il visited the union office earlier in the day, where he said he wanted to resume talks that had stalled after negotiations with unionized workers broke down on June 12. Choi's visit suggests that the two sides could return to the negotiating table as early as this week, with Choi expected to put forward a prop

Hyundai Motor and Kia won a bronze award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for a campaign using vehicle safety technology to protect children near school buses, the companies said Sunday. The campaign, titled "Vision Pulse," received bronze in the Design: Use of Emerging Technology category. Cannes Lions, held annually in Cannes, France, is one of the world's leading advertising and creative industry festivals. This ye

The labor union of South Korea's largest automaker, Hyundai Motor Co., secured the legal right to strike on Thursday after labor authorities suspended mediation in the company's wage negotiations, raising another labor risk at a major industrial workplace following Samsung Electronics. According to Hyundai Motor and its union, the National Labor Relations Commission decided to suspend mediation in the dispute, concluding that the gap between labor and

South Korea is moving to strengthen customs support for Saemangeum as Hyundai Motor Group's planned 9 trillion won ($6.5 billion) investment in artificial intelligence, robotics and clean energy begins to take shape in the reclaimed industrial zone on the country's west coast. Korea Customs Service Commissioner Lee Jong-wook visited the Saemangeum Development Agency in Gunsan on Wednesday and met agency chief Moon Seong-yo to discuss customs measures

When Elon Musk posted "Korea is Awesome" on X last month, the comment carried more significance than it appeared. It came after Tesla achieved something no foreign automaker had managed before in South Korea. Tesla's Model Y became the country's best-selling passenger vehicle in May, with 8,762 units sold, surpassing the Kia Sorento's 7,836 units and the Hyundai Grandeur's 5,183 units. It marked the first time an imported vehicle

Kia has begun production of the hybrid version of its Sportage SUV at a plant in Georgia, U.S., marking the first Kia model and first hybrid vehicle in the plant's lineup, the automaker said on Thursday. Kia America and Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) held a ceremony at the Ellabell, Georgia, plant on Tuesday to mark the start of production, with the first vehicle produced there brought onto the stage by an autonomous parking robot. The Spo