Follow-up: Kia names new vice chairman
 

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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/kia">Kia</a> has named its next vice chairman. Lee Hyoung-Keun, the company's chief of overseas operations, will step up into the automaker's highest leadership role to fill the void left by Jeong Sung-Eun, who <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/07/kia-motors-chairman-resigns-over-recalls/">stepped down from the position of vice chairman</a> after a global recall sent many of the company's vehicles in for repairs. Lee, who is also known as Hank Lee, will continue to perform the duties of his old role in the company while taking on the responsibilities of the vice chairman at the same time. <br />
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<em>The Detroit News</em> states that Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-Koo was originally responsible for asking Jeong to step down, though Hyundai has not officially confirmed this report. Kia recalled a total of 104,047 vehicles worldwide, with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/02/kia-recalling-soul-sorento-over-wiring-faults/">35,185 of those in the United States</a>. The recall primarily concerned a faulty wiring harness that could eventually cause a fire if left unchecked. <br />
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[Source: <a href="http://detnews.com/article/20100908/AUTO01/9080393/1148/rss25">The Detroit News</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/follow-up-kia-names-new-vice-chairman/">Follow-up: Kia names new vice chairman</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:31:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/follow-up-kia-names-new-vice-chairman/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19626922/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/follow-up-kia-names-new-vice-chairman/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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