Remanufactured and used parts are different goods
A stripped-out part and a rebuilt one sell as different products. Where the price splits in export and repair — and why buyers treat them as different things.
YouTube
The book in shorts. The trade in long-form.
KGAI — Kevin's Global Auto Insights — runs two things on one channel. Shorts turn Dynamic K-Used Cars (『역동하는 K-중고차』) into videos you can watch in under a minute. Long-form episodes take on what's happening in the Korean used car export trade right now — the rules that just changed, and what they cost the people doing the work.
Nothing to hide here either.
This channel is new, and it's still finding its feet. Some shorts have picked up a few hundred views; some are just getting started. We'd rather show it as it is than dress it up — the same rule that applies to every car we list applies here too.
Long-form
What's actually changing in the trade
The shorts come from the book. The long-form episodes come from this week — a rule that just landed, a market that just moved, and what it means for the people buying and shipping cars.
A ship full of used cars sailed for the Arctic
From Busan to Europe without the Suez Canal: a used-car sailing over the Arctic route, and what that changes for export logistics.
The port behind 80% of Korea's used car exports
Incheon's share of used-car exports slid from 89.5% to the 70s. Where the cars are leaving from instead, and what it means for shipping out of Korea.
New long-form episodes go up twice a week — Mondays and Thursdays at 11:30 KST, in Korean: rules that just changed, ports and freight on the move, and what they cost the people doing the work. See more long-form episodes
Format
Dynamic K-Used Cars, one short at a time
Every short draws from the same source: Dynamic K-Used Cars (『역동하는 K-중고차』), turned into a video you can watch in under a minute. Many are numbered by page — Page-001 and onward, opened by a prologue and closed by an epilogue; others are titled by the story itself, as new episodes keep going up. It's the same book behind MK1's story, adapted for a different screen.
On the channel
The three most recent shorts
A new short goes up every morning at 7:30 KST — some numbered by page, some titled by the story itself.
The refresh war: two sites, every morning
Its own title, translated: "The refresh war — the two sites a used car exporter opens every morning." 44 seconds.
It's 4.5 million won — why does it say 5?
Its own title, translated: "It's 4.5 million won, so why 5 million? The day the dealer's secret ledger disappeared." 44 seconds.
The 2000 protest that flipped into the opposite signal
Its own title, translated: "The used car market where the protest of 2000 became the opposite signal." 51 seconds.
Follow along as the series grows.
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