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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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China import expo in eyes of Hyundai Motor, a Fortune Global 500 company

STORY: China import expo in eyes of Hyundai Motor, a Fortune Global 500 company DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hyundai's car models on display 2. various of Marvin Yin, head of Brand & Business Group of the Hyundai Motor Group China, working 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARVIN YIN, Head of Brand & Business Group of the Hyundai Motor Group China 4. various of Hyundai's car models on display and venue of the 6th CIIE 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARVIN YIN, Head of Brand & Business Group of the Hyundai Motor Group China 6. promotion video of Hyundai 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARVIN YIN, Head of Brand & Business Group of the Hyundai Motor Group China 8. various of HTWO Guangzhou, a hydrogen fuel cell factory under Hyundai Motor Group STORYLINE: Hyundai Motor Group has signed up to attend the China International Import Expo (CIIE) for six consecutive years. Since the first CIIE in 2018, the South Korean automaker has been showcasing vario

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Emmanuel Macron Meets With South Korean Business Leaders - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Secretary-General of the Elysee Palace Alexis Kohler, during a meeting with South Korean business leaders at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 21, 2023. South Korean business leaders including Chey Jae-won, Vice Chairman and CEO of SK Holding, Lee Jae-yong, Executive Chairman of Samsung Electronics, Vice Chairman of Hyosung Group Cho Hyun-sang, Cho Won-tae aka Walter Cho, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hanjin Group and Korean Air, Chung Eui-sun, Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, Dong Kwan Kim, Hanwha Group Vice Chairman, Koo Kwang-mo is the chairman and chief executive of LG Corp, Jin Roy Ryu, chairman and CEO of Poongsan Group participate this meeting. Photo by Mathilde Mazars/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron Meets With South Korean Business Leaders - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Secretary-General of the Elysee Palace Alexis Kohler, during a meeting with South Korean business leaders at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 21, 2023. South Korean business leaders including Chey Jae-won, Vice Chairman and CEO of SK Holding, Lee Jae-yong, Executive Chairman of Samsung Electronics, Vice Chairman of Hyosung Group Cho Hyun-sang, Cho Won-tae aka Walter Cho, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hanjin Group and Korean Air, Chung Eui-sun, Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, Dong Kwan Kim, Hanwha Group Vice Chairman, Koo Kwang-mo is the chairman and chief executive of LG Corp, Jin Roy Ryu, chairman and CEO of Poongsan Group participate this meeting. Photo by Mathilde Mazars/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron Meets With South Korean Business Leaders - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Secretary-General of the Elysee Palace Alexis Kohler, during a meeting with South Korean business leaders at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 21, 2023. South Korean business leaders including Chey Jae-won, Vice Chairman and CEO of SK Holding, Lee Jae-yong, Executive Chairman of Samsung Electronics, Vice Chairman of Hyosung Group Cho Hyun-sang, Cho Won-tae aka Walter Cho, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hanjin Group and Korean Air, Chung Eui-sun, Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, Dong Kwan Kim, Hanwha Group Vice Chairman, Koo Kwang-mo is the chairman and chief executive of LG Corp, Jin Roy Ryu, chairman and CEO of Poongsan Group participate this meeting. Photo by Mathilde Mazars/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron Meets With South Korean Business Leaders - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Secretary-General of the Elysee Palace Alexis Kohler, during a meeting with South Korean business leaders at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 21, 2023. South Korean business leaders including Chey Jae-won, Vice Chairman and CEO of SK Holding, Lee Jae-yong, Executive Chairman of Samsung Electronics, Vice Chairman of Hyosung Group Cho Hyun-sang, Cho Won-tae aka Walter Cho, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hanjin Group and Korean Air, Chung Eui-sun, Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, Dong Kwan Kim, Hanwha Group Vice Chairman, Koo Kwang-mo is the chairman and chief executive of LG Corp, Jin Roy Ryu, chairman and CEO of Poongsan Group participate this meeting. Photo by Mathilde Mazars/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(2)Hyundai chief for N. Korean business ventures commits suicide

SEOUL, South Korea - Employers of Hyundai Asan Co. offers silent prayer at the site where their President Chung Mong Hun committed suicide early Aug. 4. Chung headed South Korea's Hyundai Business Group's projects in North Korea.

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N., S. Korea break ground for industrial complex

TOKYO, Japan - A groundbreaking ceremony for a project to build an industrial complex is held in Kaesong, a North Korean city just north of the truce village of Panmunjom, on June 30. Under an agreement between South Korea's Hyundai Business Group and North Korea, an industrial park of around 3.3 million square meters is to be established in Kaesong by 2007.

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S. Korea soccer chief launches party for presidential bid

SEOUL, South Korea - Chung Mong Joon, a lawmaker and chairman of the (South) Korean Football Association, waves a South Korean flag during an inauguration ceremony for the National Unity 21 party in the central city of Taejon. The party nominated the 51-year-old scion of the Hyundai Business Group as its candidate for the Dec. 19 presidential election.

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N. Korean sports delegation welcomed in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Ri Myong Hun (C), one of the 62-member North Korean sports delegation, receives a bouquet at Seoul's Kimpo international airport Dec. 22. Ri is 235 centimeters high and one of the world's tallest players. North Korean players are scheduled to play a series of friendly basketball matches with South Korean players. The visit is sponsored by South Korea's Hyundai Business Group.

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62-member N. Korean delegation arrives in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - A 62-member North Korean sports delegation arrives at Seoul's Kimpo international airport via Beijing on Dec. 22 on a four-day visit to play a series of friendly basketball matches with South Korean players. The delegation comprises 38 basketball players, 14 circus performers, eight officials and two TV crew members. The visit is sponsored by South Korea's Hyundai Business Group.

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N. Korea's Kim Yong Sun likely to visit S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Yong Sun (photo), the head of North Korea's agency in charge of handling inter-Korean business projects, will visit South Korea in December. The plan was disclosed by South Korea's Hyundai Business Group Chairman Chung Mong Hun, who just returned from a five-day trip to North Korea where he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at a news conference Oct. 2 in Seoul.

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Hyundai founder returns after meeting Kim Jong Il

PANMUNJOM, Korea - Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung (C) returns to South Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom on Oct. 2 morning after a five-day visit to North Korea where he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Chung told reporters his talks with Kim focused on a tour project at Mt. Kumgang and a plan to set up an industrial complex on the west coast of North Korea.

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N. Korea to open beaches near Mt. Kumgang to tourism

South Korea's Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung returns to South Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom on March 11 from a three-day visit to North Korea. He told reporters that North Korea has agreed in principle to allow tourists to visit beaches near scenic Mt. Kumgang in North Korea from this summer.

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Hyundai founder Chung returns from N. Korean trip

South Korea's Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung greets well-wishers as he returns home through the truce village of Panmunjom on Feb. 6 after a three-day visit to North Korea. A Hyundai spokesman revealed that Chung's group will arrange a basketball game between North and South Korean teams in Pyongyang in April.

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Hyundai founder Chung visits N. Korea

Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung (C) enters North Korea Feb. 4 via the truce village of Panmunjom for talks on the Mt. Kumgang tourism project and the establishment of an industrial complex in the North. Chung, accompanied by six Hyundai executives, crossed Panmunjom, the only inter-Korean border-crossing point, at around 11 a.m. He plans to return by the same route Feb. 6.

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Chung Mong Koo named chairman of Hyundai Motor

The photo shows Chung Mong Koo, chairman of the South Korean conglomerate Hyundai Business Group, who has been named chairman of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. Chung, the eldest son of Chung Ju Yung, founder and honorary chairman of Hyundai Business Group, now takes full control of the group's auto manufacturing operations.

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Cruise ship departs for N. Korean tour

The Hyundai Kumgang, a cruise ship operated by South Korea's Hyundai Business Group, sets sail from Tonghae port on the east coast of South Korea on Nov. 18 for its first official sightseeing trip to North Korea's Mt. Kumgang. The first tourist ship service between North and South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953, is expected to become a major means of private-sector inter-Korean exchanges.

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Hyundai founder briefs Kim on N. Korea trip

Chung Ju Yung (L), founder and honorary chairman of South Korea's Hyundai Business Group, visits South Korean President Kim Dae Jung at the Blue House presidential office Nov. 2 to give a briefing on his five-day trip to North Korea. Hyundai and North Korea have agreed to pursue nine development projects, including the establishment of an industrial complex, an automobile assembly plant, and Hyundai's participation in a thermal power plant in Pyongyang.

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Hyundai founder Chung visits N. Korea

The founder and honorary chairman of South Korea's Hyundai Business Group, Chung Ju Yung (R in front), crosses into North Korea on Tuesday Oct. 27 with a gift of 501 heads of cattle. The 83-year-old business magnate, accompanied by four persons, crossed the demarcation line at the truce village of Panmunjom. They will remain in North Korea until Oct. 30.

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S. Korean business leader back after an eight-day trip

Chung Ju Yung (L), founder and honorary chairman of South Korea's Hyundai Business Group, crosses the demarcation line at Panmunjom on June 23 after an eight-day trip to North Korea. The 83-year-old Chung said he hopes his visit would result in an atmosphere for closer inter-Korean cooperation and reconciliation.

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Hyundai founder Chung crosses Panmunjom

Chung Ju Yung (C), founder of South Korea's Hyundai business group, crossed through the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone June 16 to deliver 500 head of cattle to North Korea for agricultural purposes. The photo shows Chung petting one of the cattle just before going to Panmunjom. Chung is the first South Korean business executive to visit the North via Panmunjom.

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N. Korea to open beaches near Mt. Kumgang to tourism

South Korea's Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung returns to South Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom on March 11 from a three-day visit to North Korea. He told reporters that North Korea has agreed in principle to allow tourists to visit beaches near scenic Mt. Kumgang in North Korea from this summer.

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Hyundai founder Chung returns from N. Korean trip

South Korea's Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung greets well-wishers as he returns home through the truce village of Panmunjom on Feb. 6 after a three-day visit to North Korea. A Hyundai spokesman revealed that Chung's group will arrange a basketball game between North and South Korean teams in Pyongyang in April. ==Kyodo

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Hyundai executives and North Korean leader

SEOUL, South Korea - Chung Ju Yung (C), honorary chairman of South Korea's Hyundai Business Group and Chung Mong Hun (R), chairman of Hyundai Construction, pose with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. The photo was taken Oct. 30, 1998. (Kyodo)

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Kim Jong Il and Chung Ju Yung

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) greets Chung Ju Yung, honorary chairman and founder of South Korea's Hyundai Business Group, at a guest house in Pyongyang. The picture was taken on Oct. 30, 1998. (Kyodo)

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(2)Hyundai chief for N. Korean business ventures commits suicide

SEOUL, South Korea - Employers of Hyundai Asan Co. offers silent prayer at the site where their President Chung Mong Hun committed suicide early Aug. 4. Chung headed South Korea's Hyundai Business Group's projects in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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N., S. Korea break ground for industrial complex

TOKYO, Japan - A groundbreaking ceremony for a project to build an industrial complex is held in Kaesong, a North Korean city just north of the truce village of Panmunjom, on June 30. Under an agreement between South Korea's Hyundai Business Group and North Korea, an industrial park of around 3.3 million square meters is to be established in Kaesong by 2007. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea soccer chief launches party for presidential bid

SEOUL, South Korea - Chung Mong Joon, a lawmaker and chairman of the (South) Korean Football Association, waves a South Korean flag during an inauguration ceremony for the National Unity 21 party in the central city of Taejon. The party nominated the 51-year-old scion of the Hyundai Business Group as its candidate for the Dec. 19 presidential election. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean sports delegation welcomed in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Ri Myong Hun (C), one of the 62-member North Korean sports delegation, receives a bouquet at Seoul's Kimpo international airport Dec. 22. Ri is 235 centimeters high and one of the world's tallest players. North Korean players are scheduled to play a series of friendly basketball matches with South Korean players. The visit is sponsored by South Korea's Hyundai Business Group.

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62-member N. Korean delegation arrives in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - A 62-member North Korean sports delegation arrives at Seoul's Kimpo international airport via Beijing on Dec. 22 on a four-day visit to play a series of friendly basketball matches with South Korean players. The delegation comprises 38 basketball players, 14 circus performers, eight officials and two TV crew members. The visit is sponsored by South Korea's Hyundai Business Group.

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N. Korea's Kim Yong Sun likely to visit S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Yong Sun (photo), the head of North Korea's agency in charge of handling inter-Korean business projects, will visit South Korea in December. The plan was disclosed by South Korea's Hyundai Business Group Chairman Chung Mong Hun, who just returned from a five-day trip to North Korea where he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at a news conference Oct. 2 in Seoul.

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Hyundai founder returns after meeting Kim Jong Il

PANMUNJOM, Korea - Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung (C) returns to South Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom on Oct. 2 morning after a five-day visit to North Korea where he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Chung told reporters his talks with Kim focused on a tour project at Mt. Kumgang and a plan to set up an industrial complex on the west coast of North Korea.

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Chung Mong Koo named chairman of Hyundai Motor

The photo shows Chung Mong Koo, chairman of the South Korean conglomerate Hyundai Business Group, who has been named chairman of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. Chung, the eldest son of Chung Ju Yung, founder and honorary chairman of Hyundai Business Group, now takes full control of the group's auto manufacturing operations. ==Kyodo

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Cruise ship departs for N. Korean tour

The Hyundai Kumgang, a cruise ship operated by South Korea's Hyundai Business Group, sets sail from Tonghae port on the east coast of South Korea on Nov. 18 for its first official sightseeing trip to North Korea's Mt. Kumgang. The first tourist ship service between North and South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953, is expected to become a major means of private-sector inter-Korean exchanges. ==Kyodo

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Hyundai founder briefs Kim on N. Korea trip

Chung Ju Yung (L), founder and honorary chairman of South Korea's Hyundai Business Group, visits South Korean President Kim Dae Jung at the Blue House presidential office Nov. 2 to give a briefing on his five-day trip to North Korea. Hyundai and North Korea have agreed to pursue nine development projects, including the establishment of an industrial complex, an automobile assembly plant, and Hyundai's participation in a thermal power plant in Pyongyang.

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Kim Jong Il meets South Korean t

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (center) poses with Chung Ju Yung (2nd from left), founder and honorary chairman of the South Korea's Hyundai Business Group, and his family during a meeting in Pyongyang on Oct. 30. The picture was published on the front page of Rodong Sinmun, the official organ of North Korea's ruling Workers Party, on Oct. 31.

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S. Korean business leader back a

Chung Ju Yung (L), founder and honorary chairman of South Korea's Hyundai Business Group, crosses the demarcation line at Panmunjom on June 23 after an eight-day trip to North Korea. The 83-year-old Chung said he hopes his visit would result in an atmosphere for closer inter-Korean cooperation and reconciliation. ==Kyodo

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Hyundai founder Chung crosses P

Chung Ju Yung (C), founder of South Korea's Hyundai business group, crossed through the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone June 16 to deliver 500 head of cattle to North Korea for agricultural purposes. The photo shows Chung petting one of the cattle just before going to Panmunjom. Chung is the first South Korean business executive to visit the North via Panmunjom.