Does there need to be more awareness in Korea about Georgias business opportunities?
There’s a bit of awareness of Georgia really growing in Korea and certainly more than any of the other state offices in Korea we are known for investment promotion. Why do you think that is? I think it’s the effort (the state has) put into the media, I think it’s the successes that we’ve had. We talked about the high-profile companies, including SKC, Doosan, LG Chemical’s got a plant in Gordon County. Kia of course made a lot of noise down in West Point. Because of Kia I think there were 10 or 12 suppliers that came in with them on our side of the border. (There were a number on the other side; we didn’t win them all.) Kumho is on hold right now, the timing is pushed back right now, but they’re coming along. So that’s five already of the top 10 conglomerates in Korea have got locations in Georgia, so that’s momentum. It builds its own noise. So to attract investment from Korea, you pretty much have to focus on these big conglomerates? It seems that different branches of the same compan
