Keohwa, Ltd. () was a

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, based assembler of

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s under licence, mainly for export markets. Its predecessor was the Jeep assembly joint venture of

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and American Motor Corporation (AMC), established in 1974. It was spun off as an independent company in 1981, after AMC left the venture and retired the permission to use the Jeep trade mark. In 1983, Jeeps from Keohwa started to be named as "

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" In 1984, Keohwa was acquired by Dong-A Motor, the predecessor of

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Unlike

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, who also produced Jeep vehicles, Keowha produced exact copies, plus its own variants of the following:http://www.angelfire.co/nb2/jeeppickups * CJ 5 & 6, later as the

* M-5GA1 (South Korean-produced version of the Willys M38A1 MD jeep) * M-715

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