Kichang Yang, senior vice president and head of HMG Security Center, explains the Trilateral Executive Dialogue cybersecurity working group at Hyundai Motor Group headquarters in Seoul. Photo courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group

June 24 (Asia Today) -- Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation have launched a cybersecurity working group under a trilateral forum involving South Korea, the United States and Japan to strengthen cooperation against increasingly complex cyberthreats.

The automakers said Wednesday they held the group's inaugural seminar at Hyundai Motor Group headquarters in southern Seoul.

The working group was established under the Trilateral Executive Dialogue, a policy forum that brings together political and business leaders from South Korea, the United States and Japan.

The forum explores opportunities to promote democracy and shared prosperity while discussing ways to expand cooperation in areas including economic development and national security.