A real person. A real history. In writing.
MK1 is run by Ye Sang Hoon — thirty years in Korea's used car trade, author of Dynamic K-Used Cars, and the person who answers your messages.
Ye Sang Hoon — trader, author, and your direct contact
MK1 is a one-person company, and that's by design. There is no sales team between you and the person who sources, inspects, and ships your car. Ye Sang Hoon — Kevin to his buyers — has spent three decades in Korea's used car trade, and he handles every deal himself, from the first message to the port.
When you buy through MK1, the person who wrote the book on this industry is the person checking your car.
Three decades on the ground, one company on paper
The company is young. The experience isn't.
- 2019.09
- MK1 (마크원) founded in Korea, after decades in the used car trade.
- 2020.02
- Registered for e-commerce and expanded the business scope.
- March 2026
- Published Dynamic K-Used Cars (『역동하는 K-중고차』), putting thirty years of the trade into one book.
- 2026
- Expanded into content and marketing: daily KGAI cards built on the book, and a Facebook channel published in Albanian for buyers in Albania and Kosovo.
Dynamic K-Used Cars — the industry, in one book
How does a used car go from a yard in Korea to a street in Tirana, Moscow, or Dubai? Dynamic K-Used Cars (『역동하는 K-중고차』, March 2026) answers that from the inside — sourcing, auctions, inspections, shipping, and the people who make it move. Written by our CEO, it's the clearest proof we can offer that we know this trade.
Three things we don't compromise on.
Transparency
The history goes first. VIN, real mileage, service records — before price, before pitch. If we can't show it, we don't sell it.
Trust through inspection
Words don't cross oceans well; photos and records do. Every car is inspected and documented on real infrastructure — yard, garage, studio — before it ships.
Dynamism
The "dynamic" in Dynamic K-Used Cars is a working principle: we keep moving and keep publishing. Daily cards at home, a channel in Albanian for the market we ship to most, an open record of a company at work.
Company profile
- Company
- MK1 (Korean legal name: 마크원)
- CEO
- Ye Sang Hoon (Kevin)
- Founded
- September 2019
- Business Registration No.
- 111-25-95950
- E-commerce Report No.
- 2020-Byeollae-0122 (Namyangju, Korea)
- Address
- 418, Sunhwagung-ro, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- Focus markets
- Albania · Russia · Middle East
- Focus brand
- Kia
- Contact
- kevin@mk1.co.kr · WhatsApp +82 10-7997-2367
Looking for your next car from Korea?
Email or WhatsApp — Kevin answers directly.