Start of work on Hyundai plant put on hold, says South Korean news agency

The South Korean car-maker Hyundai has put off indefinitely the beginning of construction work on a huge new plant in Moravia, the Seoul-based Jonhap news agency reported. It said the decision was connected to an investigation into corruption allegations against some senior representatives of the company. However the Czech minister of industry and trade, Milan Urban, has strongly denied the claim, while the head of the state agency CzechInvest said he had been assured by a Hyundai official that building work would begin as planned. A Czech delegation headed by Mr Urban is going ahead with plans to travel to South Korea for a signing ceremony on Thursday.