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The '''Hyundai Group''' (meaning "modern" in [[Korean language|Korean]]) was founded by [[Chung Ju-yung]] in 1947 as a [[construction]] company and was once [[South Korea]]'s biggest [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] (''[[chaebol]]'').  The company was split into five business entities on [[April 1]], 2003 including [[Hyundai Motor Group]], [[Hyundai Group]], [[Hyundai Department Store Group]] and [[Hyundai Development Group]]. Hyundai is often pronounced incorrectly with 'hun-day' (US) and 'high-oon-die' (UK, Aus), the former of which was promoted as the company's official pronunciation (early U.S. advertising for the [[Hyundai Excel]] car told readers "It rhymes with Sunday"). The correct Korean pronunciation, {{IPA|[hjʌn.dɛ]}}, has 2 syllables and sounds like 'hyun-deh' where 'hyun' rhymes with 'shun'. The exact transliteration into English from Korean (under the current system, revisions take place from time to time) should be "Hyeondae" rather than "Hyundai".
== History ==
Before restructuring began in 2000, Hyundai's major areas of activity included shipbuilding, car manufactureing, construction, retailing, finance, and electronics. After its founder died in 2001, the component companies of Hyundai were split off into separate companies. Although divested of most of the high-profile Hyundai assets, the Hyundai Group still operates.  Its most high-profile operation is [[Hyundai Asan]], involved in numerous investment projects in [[North Korea]].  Other prominent assets include  [[Hyundai Elevator]], [[Hyundai Merchant Marine]], [[Hyundai Logistics]], [[Hyundai Heavy Industries]], [[Hy(contracted; show full)[[de:Hyundai]]
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