In this report, I will briefly explore the recent progresses in the metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium and related species, especially Corynebacterium glutamicum. I will focus mostly on the biosynthesis of aspartate family of amino acids, such as lysine and threonine. The information on the biosynthesis of other members of aspartate family of amino acids, such as methionine and isoleucine, is still very limited. Therefore, they will not be discussed here.