Kia’s Oct. sales fall 19 pct on chip shortage

SEOUL– Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said Monday its sales fell 19 percent last month from a year earlier as extended global chip shortages weighed on its production. Kia…

Hankook Tire Q3 net jumps 33 pct on FX gains

SEOUL– Hankook Tire & Technology Co., the world’s sixth-largest tiremaker by sales, said Monday its third-quarter net profit jumped 33 percent from a year earlier on foreign-exchange gains. Net profit…