http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/kia/ en-us Sun, 4 Oct 2009 05:46:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354465/posts Eight American soldiers and two Afghans have been killed in an attack on two outposts in remote eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Sunday. A tribal militia launched the attack from a mosque and a nearby village in Nuristan, one of the most dangerous regions of Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a statement. The Americans and Afghans repelled the attack and "inflicted heavy enemy casualties," the statement said. In the U.S. statement, Col. Randy George described it as "a complex attack in a difficult area." The Taliban claimed responsibility. MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354465/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 05:46:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332512/posts ...The morning he came back to the Naval Academy was a Wednesday, but it will stick in your memory as the day you heard that Ted Kennedy had died and the week when you learned that someone might have killed Michael Jackson. The politician and the entertainer of their generations, they were lionized by many and scorned by some. One pleaded guilty, the other was found innocent. But they each died with an indelible asterisk, a footnote to their legacies that time will not erase. Matt Freeman died clean.... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332512/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 23:29:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2331578/posts As we said before, please do not buy a new car until the end of November — inventories are so low, you’re not likely find the color and features you want and you will most likely over pay. If you must buy a car now, both Hyundai and Kia are the first car manufacturers to offer big incentives after the ”clunkers’ program ended. While KIA offers the better deals, you’ll still likely save more if you can’t wait until the end of November for supply to catch back up to levels where deals abound. cars http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2331578/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 22:26:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330683/posts Hailed as a jump-start for the U.S. economy, the federal government's "cash for clunkers" gave the biggest boost to foreign automakers. Overall, auto sales in August were the highest in more than a year, according to industry figures released Tuesday. Carmakers sold more than 1.2 million cars and trucks, up 1% from the same month last year and the first year-over-year sales gain since August 2007. Much of that was a result of the clunkers program, which ran July 24 to Aug. 24 and provided hefty government rebates to consumers who traded in gas guzzlers for more fuel-efficient new vehicles.... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330683/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 20:48:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311408/posts Speicher Search Details Announced Story Number: NNS090807-14 Release Date: 8/7/2009 4:11:00 PM From the Department of Defense WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy announced Aug. 7 additional details regarding the recent discovery of the remains of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher in Iraq. Speicher was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet over west-central Iraq Jan. 17, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm. Acting in part on information provided by an Iraqi citizen in early July, Multi National Force–West's (MNF-W) personnel recovery team went to a location in the desert which was believed to be the crash site of... United States Navy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311408/posts#comment Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:32:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306607/posts <p>WASHINGTON (Aug. 2) - Navy pilot Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991 and it was there he apparently was buried by Bedouins, hidden in the sand from the world's mightiest military all these years.</p> AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306607/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 18:53:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297567/posts It's the worst year in history for the industry: Two Detroit companies went bankrupt, and even the Japanese are losing money. But nothing stops those Koreans. Hyundai and Kia are expanding their lineups, a new Kia plant is to open in Georgia, and they are setting most ambitious goals. Their cars may not be the best, but they are improving--many get on the "recommended" list in Consumers Reports--and they are getting major help from the home country's weak currency. The two are connected under the name Hyundai Kia Automotive Group. Hyundai is larger and owns a 39% controlling stake in... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297567/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:57:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293596/posts I got this video today on the Facebook group: Let's find over 1,000,000 supporters of the U.S. Marine Corps It will touch your heart...I know it has mine. Thank God for USMC LC Seth Sharp and all like him who understand the cost and worth of liberty. God rest his soul and God comfort and bless his family, loved ones, and friends...may they be sure in the knowledge of a glorious resurrection and reuniting with this fallen hero. Video of USMC LC Seth Sharp Motorcade July 10, 2009 - Adairsville, GA, KIA Afghanistan July 2, 2009.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ii4j7Y-SOs Facebook Group for US Marines and YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293596/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:37:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269482/posts Kia Motors has hired almost 700 workers for its west Georgia factory, which is scheduled to go into production in December Kia’s human resources manager, Randy Jackson, told the Troup County Coalition on Monday that the South Korea-based automaker had just added 90 more employees. The assembly plant expects to have 1,000 to 1,200 workers when it starts production and 2,500 making 300,000 cars per year by the end of 2010. The new generation Sorento will be the first model in West Point, and a small number of test vehicles have been built since April. Jackson says suppliers will add... AJC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269482/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:44:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268038/posts Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group is recording the fastest growth among foreign carmakers in the U.S. market, filling the vacuum left by the troubled ``Big Three'' automakers. In the January-to-April period, General Motors (GM), Ford and Chrysler sold 1.77 million vehicles in total in the U.S. for a combined 44.7-percent share, down 3.6 percent year-on-year in the wake of the bankruptcy protection for GM and Chrysler, according to industry experts. All foreign makers benefited from the decline, but none of them outperformed the Korean maker in the first four months of the year. Hyundai's market share rose 1.3 percentage points to 4.2... Korea Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268038/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:33:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260685/posts A study of car safety released on Wednesday shows that four of the top-scoring automobiles in tests of five new models were small cars or so-called super-minis — including the Honda Jazz, Hyundai i20, Kia Soul and Peugeot 3008. . . Seats installed in the Kia Soul, for example, “achieved a good result in the program’s whiplash testing, again revealing that it is not only larger or expensive cars that achieve impressive results in safety.” . . . It said the Honda Jazz and Hyundai i20 racked up “impressive pedestrian scores” NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260685/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 17:36:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257067/posts PATERSON, N.J. -- A New Jersey man who military authorities say was among five soldiers gunned down in Iraq by a distraught comrade has been laid to rest. The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257067/posts#comment Sat, 23 May 2009 22:02:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254327/posts From the Office of State Comptroller Nancy Wyman Contact: Steve Jensen: 860-702-3308/3301 May 12, 2009 Cell Phone: 860-539-9298 E-mail: Steven.Jensen@po.state.ct.us TWO FALLEN STATE SOLDIERS TO BE ADDED TO WALL OF HONOR Ceremony Also Will Recognize All Connecticut Heroes Killed in Iraq and Afghanistan Two Connecticut soldiers killed in Iraq in 2008 will be added to the Wall of Honor tribute in the State Capitol complex during a ceremony scheduled for Thursday, May 21 at 4:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend the ceremony in the Atrium of the Legislative Office Building, 300 Capitol Ave. The tribute now includes photographic... e-mail from Patriots in Connecticut http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254327/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 00:46:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226064/posts D/FW AIRPORT — Alan Burks invited himself on this flight, the one that took off in the early afternoon Wednesday bound for the Middle East. On board the American Airlines 767 were 2 tons of supplies from the nonprofit he started in memory of his son Pete, an Army platoon leader from Dallas killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2007. No way would Burks miss the chance to go and mingle with the troops. He took Pete’s younger brother, Zac, with him to share in the experience. "He’s more than ready," Zac Burks said. "This has been his... FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226064/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:28:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220354/posts March 2009 saw the fewest number of U.S. casualties in Iraq since the beginning of the war. Nine American men and women died in Iraq last month -- five of those troops were killed in non-hostile action. And to add one more interesting fact, one of the four Americans killed in hostile action was a woman, who was serving at a Forward Operating Base in Mosul. July 2008 was the second lowest month for casualties in Iraq, with 13 total. March 2009 was the first month where U.S. casualties were in the single digits since the beginning of the war. msnbc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220354/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 01:23:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171299/posts The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Ricky L. Turner, 20, of Athens, Ala., died Jan. 16 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit. He was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. Patriot Guard Riders http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171299/posts#comment Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:10:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169343/posts Kia Motors Corp (000270.KS: Quote, Profile, Research), South Korea's No.2 automaker, on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net profit had almost doubled from the previous year as a weaker won lifted overseas sales and earnings from abroad. Kia posted a 74.8 billion won ($54.67 million) net profit for the fourth quarter of 2008, in line with a forecast for 71.7 billion won by a Reuters poll of 10 analysts. The figure compares with a 38 billion won profit a year ago and a 22.1 billion won net loss in the third quarter of 2008. But Kia also posted operating profit of 35.9... reutersIndia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169343/posts#comment Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:03:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155007/posts John P. Pryor, 42, of Moorestown, the dedicated leader of the University of Pennsylvania's trauma team and a decorated major in the Army Reserve who wrote eloquently about the painful parallels between battlefield deaths and urban homicides, was killed on Christmas by enemy fire in Iraq while serving as a combat surgeon. Philadelphia Inquire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155007/posts#comment Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:45:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151912/posts The burial next month of Maj. Marion Ryan McCown Jr. in a family plot in Charleston, nearly 65 years after his plane went down in the South Pacific, brings relief and joy to a family who never thought his remains would be found, his relatives said Friday.The Marine pilot had been missing since Jan. 20, 1944, when his single-seat F-4U Corsair failed to return from a combat mission over the island of New Britain, in Papua New Guinea. His remains were recovered from a crash site in the town of Rabaul, where the Japanese had a base, and identified earlier... The State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151912/posts#comment Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:34:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140186/posts The residents of this town are learning to enjoy Korean barbecue, and are wary of bailing out American automakers. 'The foreign cars took the lead, and they deserve it,' says one. This attractive old mill town along the Chattahoochee River, with its brick downtown and streets of cozy, unpretentious homes, could be the backdrop for a patriotic American car commercial -- lacking only the plaintive croak of a Bob Seger or John Mellencamp. But America's Big Three automakers, which are teetering at a financial abyss, shouldn't expect much sympathy here. Kia Motors, the South Korean automaker, is building a plant... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140186/posts#comment Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:04:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139025/posts Expedition could lead to largest identification of war dead in U.S. history Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139025/posts#comment Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:08:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134323/posts Soldier Missing in Action from Korean War is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Cpl. Librado Luna, U.S. Army, of Taylor, Texas. He will be buried on Nov. 25 in Taylor. Representatives from the Army's Mortuary Office met with Luna’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army. In... DOD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134323/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:45:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2131778/posts AMERICANS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY The Department of Defense announced the death of these Americans who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Pfc. Tavarus D. Setzler, 23, of Jacksonville, Fla.Pfc. Tavarus D. Setzler, 23, of Jacksonville, Fla., died of wounds sustained when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Majar al Kabir, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2d Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Spc. Jason... DOD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2131778/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:05:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126108/posts FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky National Guard soldier was killed in Afghanistan last week when his platoon was attacked by a group of Taliban fighters, military officials said Monday. Sgt. Daniel Wallace, 27, was killed in action Friday in the West Paktika Province of Afghanistan, Kentucky Adjutant General Edward Tonini said. Wallace, a gunner in a Mine-Resistant, Armor-Protected vehicle, was shot when he got out to handle a piece of equipment that had been knocked loose, Tonini said. "Sgt. Daniel Wallace was a true patriot," Tonini said at a news conference. "One who stood up and answered the call... WYMTnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126108/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:49:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028690/posts Soldier Missing In Action From Korean War Is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Sgt. 1st Class W.T. Akins, U.S. Army, of Decatur, Ga. He will be buried on June 26 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Sgt. 1st Class W.T. Akins, U.S. Army, of Decatur, Ga.. Representatives from the Army met... U.S. Department of Defense http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028690/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:29:09 GMT