WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Lose a key ally on ballistic missile defense, gain a key ally on ballistic missile defense.

SEOUL, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The chairman of Hyundai Motor Co. drew a suspended three-year jail term Thursday from an appeals court in Seoul for embezzlement of company funds.

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Hyundai's auto chairman was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for embezzling $96 million and causing a $224 million loss to auto affiliates.

SEOUL, May 16 (UPI) -- South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co., whose chairman has been arrested, is indefinitely postponing construction of a car factory in the Czech Republic.

SEOUL, May 15 (UPI) -- South Korean prosecutors plan to indict the scandal-plagued head of Hyundai Motor Co.

SEOUL, April 28 (UPI) -- South Korean authorities Friday arrested Hyundai Motor Co. Chairman Chung Mong Koo on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust.

SEOUL, April 21 (UPI) -- The chairman of South Korea's Hyundai Automotive Group has been summoned to appear before prosecutors for questioning.

SEOUL, April 20 (UPI) -- South Korean carmaker Hyundai has apologized for a slush fund scandal, and its chairman and his son will donate $1.06 billion worth of shares in atonement. Chung Mong-koo, chairman of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, and his son Eui-sun, president of Kia

SEOUL, April 19 (UPI) -- The father-and-son team that run South Korea's Hyundai Automotive Group are giving $1 billion to national charities as amends for a scandal.