Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is on his way to South Korea in his sixth overseas trip as governor. The Republican left late Monday for a roughly 10-day trip to the Asian nation. Kemp also went there in 2019 in his first overseas trip.
FILE - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during the official groundbreaking for the Hyundai Motor Group plant on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022 in Ellabell, Ga. The Republican Kemp left on Monday, June 10, 2024 for a 10-day economic development trip to South Korea to visit with officials from Hyundai and other South Korea n businesses. The Republican left late Monday for a roughly 10-day trip to the Asian nation, arriving on Wednesday in South Korea . He plans to return in the middle of next week.
Kemp is visiting with South Korean businesses that currently do business in Georgia, as well as those who might open locations there, state officials said. The roughly 15-person delegation, which includes lawmakers and state economic recruiters, will host a reception in conjunction with Hyundai Motor Group but doesn’t plan to meet with political or cultural leaders.
Jessica Atwell, a spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Economic Development, said the reception will be “an opportunity to bring many partners together in one place to honor the partnerships we have cultivated over nearly four decades.”automotive assembly complex that Hyundai is constructing near Savannah. SK Group owns a battery plant in Commerce and is building a plant to make semiconductor materials in Covington. Hanwha Qcells owns solar panel plants in Dalton and Cartersville. CJ Foodville is building a bakery in Gainesville.Georgia lawmakers vowed to restrain tax breaks. But the governor’s veto saved a data-center break
When in South Korea in 2019, Kemp met with then-Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and Hyundai Motor Group officials before the conglomerate announced its Ellabell facility. Kemp went to Germany in 2020,
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