SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – State prosecutors said Tuesday the managing director of Volkswagen Korea will be summoned later this week to be questioned over allegations the German automaker fabricated emissions results here. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said it will summon Volkswagen Korea Managing Director Thomas Kuehl on Thursday to gain reference [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of Volkswagen vehicles have dropped significantly after the German company’s falsified emissions data scandal, and the ramifications are reaching other imported carmakers as well. According to data compiled by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA), Volkswagen sold only 425 vehicles last month, which was a considerable drop [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea dropped sharply from a year earlier in July due partly to a large cut in sales of Volkswagen and Audi cars mired in the fake emissions scandal, industry data showed Thursday. According to the data compiled by the Korea Automobile Importers and [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Following its shocking emissions scandal, Volkswagen may have settled matters with the U.S., but it still has a long way to go in South Korea. An official investigation into Volkswagen’s manipulation of emissions data is ongoing, and Korea is likely to ban the sale of 32 Volkswagen models by [...]
SEJONG, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government on Monday said it will ban sales and revoke certifications of dozens of Volkswagen models that are suspected to have passed the local authentication process with doctored reports. The Ministry of Environment said it has received an official request for cooperation from the Seoul Central District [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A former CEO of the local branch of Volkswagen was summoned by prosecutors Tuesday over the German carmaker’s alleged irregularities that came to light following last year’s emissions scandal. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office summoned Park Dong-hoon as a material witness to gain background information. Prosecutors said his [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – German carmaker Volkswagen on Wednesday ruled out compensations to South Korean owners of Volkswagen cars for cheating on emissions, a move that could spark anger and disappointment from local consumers. Volkswagen said its agreements reached with the U.S. regulators and private plaintiffs over the scandal “are not an admission” [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Volkswagen is now facing a lawsuit from Korean consumers of one of the company’s gasoline vehicles, the seventh generation Golf 1.4 TSI. A total of 26 vehicle owners filed a lawsuit Monday against the German Volkswagen Group, Audi-Volkswagen Korea, and the car’s domestic distributor, through Barun Law LLC, a [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul prosecutors formally arrested an executive of the local unit of Volkswagen on Friday over his alleged involvement in the German carmaker’s irregularities that came into light following its emissions scandal. The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant to arrest the executive in charge of the vehicles’ certification [...]
SEJONG, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s environment ministry said Tuesday it has again rejected Volkswagen’s plan to recall its vehicles that fabricated emissions results, saying the local unit of the German carmaker did not admit to using a defeat device to trick vehicle testing. The Ministry of Environment disapproved the plan submitted by [...]