South Korea’s Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors will suspend car production indefinitely at all its local plants, the company said Friday, due to a lack of auto parts from its China-based suppliers. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The shortage resulted from a prolonged shutdown of Chinese plants due to the coronavirus outbreak, it said. Hyundai Motor operates seven plants in South Korea — five in Ulsan, and one each in Asan and Jeonju. The Ulsan and Asan plants will suspend production Friday while Jeonju will stop production on Monday. On the other hand, Kia Motors plans to suspend production at its eight local plants on Monday — three each in both Hwaseong and Gwangju, and two in Gwangmyeong. Hyundai Motor and its sister company, Kia Motors, had cut production last week after China-based South Korean suppliers stopped production since January 24 at […]