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[Photo News] Galaxy S7 Edge Olympics edition

TechnologyAug 4, 2016

Brazil’s water polo national team members pose on Wednesday after receiving Galaxy S7 Olympic Edition smartphones at the Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Studio set up inside the athlete’s village in Rio....
[Photo News] SK cheers Korean team in Rio Olympics

Aug 4, 2016

Employees of SK Group cheer for South Korean athletes participating in the Rio Olympics in front of its headquaters building in central Seoul, with a banner that reads “Go Team South Korea,” on Thurs...
[Photo News] Hyundai Motor chairman Chung calls workers patriots

TransportAug 3, 2016

Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Mong-koo (center) inspects the quality of the carmaker’s new compact sport utility vehicle Creta, during his visit to its factory in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesd...
[Photo News] LG promotes Korea in Time Square

TechnologyAug 3, 2016

LG Electronics started this week to run promotion videos of Korean cultural heritage in Times Square, New York. The company said the 60 second video ad that portrays 11 cultural heritages and Bulguks...
[Photo News] Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 7 in New York

TechnologyAug 3, 2016

Tech giant Samsung Electronics unveiled the Galaxy Note 7, the sixth of the phablet lineup, in New York on Aug. 2. (Samsung Electronics)
[Photo News] Policy briefing to CEOs

Jul 31, 2016

Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho speaks about the nation’s economic policy direction for the second half of this year during a CEO Summer Forum organized by the Federation of Korean Industries in PyeongCha...
[Photo News] CU opens Karaoke-style convenience store

IndustryJul 28, 2016

KARAOKE CONVENIENCE STORE — South Korea’s leading convenience store chain CU has opened a new karaoke-style outlet in Hongdae, northwestern Seoul. The specialized CU store is housed on the first floo...
[Photo News] Under pressure

IndustryJul 25, 2016

Johannes Thammer, the head of AudiVolkswagen Korea, responds to questions from the Korean media after participating in the hearing over the emissions scandal at National Institute of Environmental Re...
[Photo News] After Sokcho, Pokemon Go now operational in Ulsan

TechnologyJul 23, 2016

CATCHING POKEMON IN ULSAN — Citizens play Nintendo’s augmented-reality mobile game “Pokemon Go” in Ganjeolgot, a coastal park in the southeastern city of Ulsan in South Korea on Friday. "Pokemon Go" ...
[Photo News] Global International Partner Meeting

HealthJul 22, 2016

Kim Young-pill (third from right), a president of Green Cross Medical Science, a subsidiary of Korean biopharmaceutical company Green Cross, poses with foreign clients, who attended the conference he...
[Photo News] Faster wifi connection

TechnologyJul 22, 2016

KT Corp., Korea‘s second-largest mobile carrier, is launching GiGA WiFi 2.0 which enables mobile users to use wireless Internet services with speeds of up to 1.73 Gbps, the firm said Friday. (KT Corp...
[Photo News] A cool half-million

TechnologyJul 21, 2016

Models celebrate surpassing 500,000 sales of Samsung Electronics’ premium refrigerators at an event in Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap)
[Photo News] Hyosung's investment in Quzhou

IndustryJul 20, 2016

Hyosung president Cho Hyun-joon (right) meets the Chinese party secretary Chen Shin in Quzhou to discuss the possibility of cooperation on the Korean firm’s investment in Quzhou’s spandex and NF3 bus...
[Photo News] Hyundai Motor heir's tribute to Halla founder

IndustryJul 20, 2016

Hyundai Motor vice chairman Chung Eui-sun (right) is greeted by his uncle and Halla Group chairman Chung Mong-won during his visit to the cemetery where the late Halla chairman Chung In-young lies, o...
[Photo News] Top duty-free brand

IndustryJul 20, 2016

Lotte Duty Free was voted the most popular Korean duty-free brand by Chinese shoppers in an online survey conducted by Chinese news outlet People‘s Daily Online. Lotte Duty Free received the most vot...