What is Kia Corporation?
{{Other uses|Kia (disambiguation)}}{{Infobox company | company_name = Kong Icheon Automotive<br />기아자동차 | company_logo = [[File:KIA logo3.svg|150px]]<br>Movement that inspires | company_type = Public | traded_as = {{Kse|000270}} | genre = Automotive | foundation = December 11, 1944 | founder = | location = Seoul, [[South Korea]] | key_people = Han-Woo Park<br />(President & CEO) | area_served = Worldwide except for Japan and North Korea | industry = [[Automobile manufacturer]] | products = Automobiles | revenue = {{increase}}[[South Korean Won|₩]]23.26&nbsp;trillion (''2010'') <br> ($21.261&nbsp;billion USD) | net_income = {{increase}}₩2.254&nbsp;trillion (''2010'') <br> ($2.06&nbsp;billion USD) | assets = {{gain}}₩18.625&nbsp;trillion (''2010'') <br> ($17&nbsp;billion USD) | owner = [[Hyundai Motor Group]] (33.88<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldwide.hyundai.com/ |title=Common/filedown.aspx?path=AnnualReport&filename=2009AR.pdf Hyundai Motor 2009 annual report |publisher=Worldwide.hyundai.com |accessdate=2011-04-24 |archive-date=2009-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019100329/http://worldwide.hyundai.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>) | num_employees = 52,488 (as of December 2019) | subsid = | homepage = {{url|http://www.kia.com}} | footnotes = }} {{Infobox Korean name | hangul = 기아자동차 | hanja = 起亞自動車 | rr = Gia Jadongcha | mr = Kia Chadongch'a }} '''Kia Corporation''' formerly known as '''Kia Motors''' ({{lang-ko|기아자동차}}, {{IPA|ki.a|IPA}}) is a car company. The headquarters are in [[Seoul]], South Korea. It is the second-largest [[automaker|automobile manufacturer]] in that country, after [[Hyundai Motor Company]]. Kia sold of over 1.4&nbsp;million vehicles in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kmcir.com/eng/kire3000/kire3100.asp |title=보안상 차단된 페이지 |publisher=Kmcir.com |accessdate=2011-04-24 |archive-da