SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of autos jumped 71.9 percent on-year in the second quarter on the back of robust demand for sedans and eco-friendly vehicles, data showed Friday. The country’s outbound shipments of cars came to US$10.7 billion in the April-June period, compared with $6.25 billion the previous year, according [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of autos grew 31.4 percent on-year in the first quarter on the back of brisk shipments of sedans and eco-friendly vehicles, data showed Wednesday. The country’s outbound shipments of cars came to $11 billion in the January-March period, compared with $8.37 billion the previous year, according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s auto exports jumped 29.5 percent on year in January, as global demand showed signs of modest recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. The nation’s auto production and domestic sales rose 24.9 percent and 18.4 percent on year in January, respectively, according to the data from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of autos declined 12.1 percent on-year last year due to the fallout of the pandemic, data showed Friday. The country’s outbound shipments of cars came to $34.7 billion last year, compared with $39 billion the previous year, according to the data compiled by the Korea Customs [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of registered vehicles in South Korea grew nearly 3 percent in 2020 from a year earlier, with that of green cars exceeding the 800,000 mark, government data showed Wednesday. The total number of car registrations came to 24,365,979 units at the end of last year, up 2.9 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Car-sharing businesses are suffering from massive financial losses due to careless users. Car-sharing vehicles owned by SOCAR Inc., a car-sharing service provider, last no more than three years on average, a mere 20 percent of the average lifespan of automobiles in South Korea. Smaller car-sharing platforms have a vehicle [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of automobiles plunged nearly 16 percent in August from a year earlier, data showed Friday, due mainly to the global virus pandemic dealing a harsh blow to consumer sentiment around the world. Local carmakers shipped 136,538 units of cars overseas last month, down 15.8 percent from [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The changing patterns of daily life and economic measures that have accompanied the onset of the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in higher sales of cars, home appliances and furniture this year. The Korea Insurance Research Institute reported Sunday that car purchases in April and May were up 20.8 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and gasoline-powered vehicles posted solid growth in South Korea last year, industry data showed Tuesday, although the country’s auto market contracted for the second consecutive year. Nearly 1.8 million vehicles were registered in South Korea last year, down 1.8 percent from a year [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean version of U.S. lemon laws is set to go into effect next year as the government moves to strengthen consumers’ rights, the transport ministry said Monday. Under the lemon laws in the United States, those who purchase cars and other consumer goods that repeatedly fail to [...]