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Documents posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicate that South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia have recalled over 3.4 million vehicles in the United States over concerns of fire risks, and urge owners to park these vehicles outdoors.
2023-09-27

United States federal judge James V. Selna rejects a proposed $200 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit prompted by a rise in thefts of vehicles manufactured by South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia.
2023-08-16

South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia announce that they have recalled over 113,000 vehicles in the United States due to the risk of fire.
2023-08-3

Four pilots are killed after two South Korean Air Force KAI KT-1 Woongbis crash into each other over a mountain northeast of Sacheon, South Korea.
2022-04-1

South Korea ditches its Test-and-Trace strategy and instead focuses on maintaining essential social functions amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
2022-02-7

CEOs of several South Korean companies ask President Moon Jae-in to pardon Samsung's chairman Lee Jae-yong, who was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment for bribery, embezzlement and other offences. Moon did not elaborate but had said in March that he would consider public opinion. Before taking office in 2017, Moon had said that he would not pardon those convicted of serious economic crimes.
2021-06-2

The number of new confirmed cases in South Korea reaches a three-month high of 343 cases, bringing the nationwide total to 29,654 cases, according to data from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
2020-11-19

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun announces that the country's level 2 restrictions, set to expire on August 30, would be extended for at least another week until September 6 as the Ministry of Health and Welfare reports over 370 new infections over the past 24 hours.
2020-08-28

Hyundai (Sonata and Santa Fe) and Kia (Optima, Sorento, and Sportage) are recalling 1.5 million cars, over 1.3 million in United States and 170,000 in South Korea, over an engine defect.
2017-04-7

The leaders of the People's Republic of China, South Korea and Japan hold their first summit in three years.
2015-11-1