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Japanese auto execs have a lot of ­reasons to line up for Alka-Seltzer these days, but nothing causes them heartburn like Korea, by which I mean Hyundai and Kia, two quasi-independent companies operating under one roof. The Hanguk duo is taking mouthfuls of market share in the U.S., much of it out of the hides of the same Japanese companies that took it out of the hides of the Detroit Big Three so many layoffs and downsizings ago.

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