President Barack Obama welcomed South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to the U.S. and the GM Orion Assembly Plant in Lake Orion, Michigan on Friday to tout a new trade agreement. From the hilariously goofy photo set it looks more like they're planning the fourth Rush Hour film.

Rejoice, South Koreans! GM's done you a solid by dropping the embarrassing Daewoo brand and replacing it with good ol' American Chevrolet. Celebratory burnouts along the DMZ, anyone? [GM]

Give a man a fish and you've fed him for a day, give the South Korean SWAT Team a Ford Excursion and they'll turn it into a hideout-storming kill platform with a sniper's nest. (Hat tip to ChiefPontiaxe!) [JoongAng Daily]

If you're the average Korean patrolman you make do with a Kia Picanto. Knock a few heads, impress your captain and you could be patrolling Seoul in a Gallardo, 911 or F360. Is that an HHR in the background?

President Obama asked South Korea yesterday to renegotiate auto trade clauses in the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement due to vast differences in scale of auto exports between the two countries.

The Black Eagles are the South Korean version of the Blue Angels, or possibly the Thundebrids, flying T-50 jets and performing awesome aeronautical acrobatics. The North Korean analog, the Deadly Bouffants, is only allowed to walk in formation.

A strike by Kia contract workers has halted production at the automaker's main plant near Seoul, South Korea. The plant accounts for 42% of of Kia's total output. No word on when the Hwaseong plant will resume operations. [Drive.com.au]