ANALYSIS: Big, bold and blinged-up. It's boom time again for Korea's car market

Author: Mark Bursa | 15 September 2010

Mark Bursa is in Seoul for the first time in seven years - and judging by the cars on the streets, the economy is looking up again. Here's why.

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