Every production line at South Korea's largest automaker went down Friday morning as workers began their first full-day strike in a decade, a walkout that turns on how long they get to keep their jobs rather than on how much they are paid. Morning-shift members of the Hyundai Motor union, who normally clock in at 6:45 a.m., did not come to work. The afternoon shift that starts at 3:30 p.m. will not report either, leaving plants in Ulsan, Jeonju and Asa

Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor are set to stage their first full-day strike in a decade later this week as South Korea's metalworkers' union expands labor action across the auto industry. Beginning with four-hour partial strikes on Wednesday and Thursday, the automaker's union has decided to launch an eight-hour full-day strike on Friday, followed by another four-hour walkout next Monday and Tuesday. Another round of strikes follows a seri

South Korea's auto exports reached a record high for July, led by stronger shipments of eco-friendly vehicles to North America and Europe even as domestic sales barely grew, government data showed Thursday. Auto exports rose 7.0 percent from a year earlier to $6.24 billion in July, the highest figure ever recorded for the month, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR). The previous July highs were $5.90 bill

Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor will resume partial strikes this week after wage negotiations failed to narrow differences last month. The workers, who had just returned from their summer holiday, decided Tuesday to stage additional rounds of partial strikes from Wednesday through early next week, halting production for four hours each on Wednesday and Thursday before extending the stoppage to six hours each on Friday and next Tuesday. If carried out

Hyundai Motor received more than 10,000 pre-orders for its latest Avante sedan on the first day it became available, the automaker said Thursday. A total of 11,094 pre-orders were placed the previous day, setting a new first-day record for the model and surpassing the previous record of 10,058 pre-orders set by the previous version launched in April 2020. Hyundai attributed the record pre-orders to the eighth-generation model's enhanced competitivenes

A combined 512,393 vehicles across 13 models from Hyundai Motor, Kia, Honda and Stellantis will be voluntarily recalled to fix manufacturing defects, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on Thursday. Hyundai accounts for the bulk of the recall, with nearly 400,000 vehicles affected including 104,781 across two models including the Tucson, for which repairs have been underway since July 30 due to a software error in the forward collision

Sales of imported cars in South Korea exceeded 30,000 units again last month, with Tesla taking the top spot after its monthly sales surpassed 10,000 vehicles, according to data released on Wednesday by the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association. The number of newly registered imported passenger cars totaled 30,976 in July, up 14.3 percent from a year earlier but down 18.6 percent from 38,059 in the previous month, with the association at

Hyundai Motor Group has appointed a former U.S. State Department official as head of its Washington, D.C. office, the automaker said on Wednesday. Michael Kleine is expected to bring more than 25 years of diplomatic experience, having held senior positions at the U.S. Department of State and key posts across the Asia-Pacific region. He previously served as U.S. chargé d'affaires to Indonesia and as minister-counselor for economic affairs at the U.S

Six in 10 newly registered vehicles in South Korea in the first half of this year were eco-friendly models, amid a decline in registrations of internal combustion engine vehicles, the Korea Automobile & Mobility Association (KAMA) said on Tuesday. The number of newly registered vehicles during the first six months rose 1.3 percent from a year earlier to 850,636, with eco-friendly vehicles including electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, accounting for