SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea jumped 13 percent in May from a year earlier in the highest monthly sales ever, industry data showed Thursday. A total of 13,411 units of foreign brand cars were sold in South Korea last month, compared with 11,708 units from a year earlier, according to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association. Toyota Motor Korea Co., the local unit of Toyota Motor Corp., sold 1,314 units in May, up 128 percent from 576 units in April.

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second-biggest automaker, said Monday that its sales jumped 5.9 percent in May from a year earlier due to brisk sales abroad. Kia sold 253,701 vehicles in May, compared with 239,577 units in 2012, the company said in a statement. Its overseas sales increased 7.7 percent on-year to 214,201 vehicles in May. That helped offset a 3.1 percent drop in domestic sales. Kia sold 39,500 vehicles in South Korea in May. For the first five months, Kia sold 1,208,566 units, up 3.8 percent from a year ago, according to Kia.

SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors Corp. fared well in Europe in the first four months of this year, industry data showed Wednesday, despite a weak Japanese yen giving an advantage to Toyota Motor Corp. and other Japanese rivals. Hyundai and Kia sold 258,950 vehicles in Europe between January and April, down 0.1 percent from a year earlier, according to the data Still, their combined market share in Europe edged up to 6.2 percent from 5.8 percent a year ago, according to the data.

SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- Following their subpar performances last week, two South Korean first-division football teams now face must-win situations in AFC Champions League action. FC Seoul and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, representing the K League Classic, have to win the second legs in their round of 16 series this week to advance at the continent's premier club tournament. The K League Classic has produced three of the past four AFC champions.