KEPCO to build smart campus in Maryland  | Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) CEO Cho Hwan-eik, right, poses, with Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, left, and his wife Yumi Hogan, after signing a letter of intent to build a smart campus at Montgomery College, Maryland, Saturday. The state-run utility firm will install its smart utility system in six campus buildings, which will reduce energy consumption by 10 percent.
/ Courtesy of KEPCO |
Job training in Ethiopia  | An official at LG Electronics Middle East and Africa uses an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV to teach Ethiopian students at an LG-KOICA job training school in Addis Ababa on Saturday. The electronics maker worked with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to provide special technology service lectures for 200 students and teachers in the country from Nov. 14 to 21.
/ Courtesy of LG Electronics |
Calling for Park's impeachment  | Opposition presidential hopefuls pose during an emergency meeting at the National Assembly in southern Seoul, Sunday. From left are four-term lawmaker Kim Boo-kyum of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), former DPK Chairman Moon Jae-in, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, minor opposition Justice Party chairwoman Sim Sang-jeung, former co-chairman of the second largest opposition People’s Party Ahn Cheol-soo, South Chungcheong Governor Ahn Hee-jung, Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung and People’s Party former co-chairman Chun Jung-bae. They agreed to call for the Assembly to impeach President Park Geun-hye.
/ Yonhap |
HDC in Vietnam  | Hyundai Development Company (HDC) Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, right, poses with Pony Chung Foundation Chairman Kim Chul-soo and a scholarship recipient after an awards ceremony at Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, last Friday. The Pony Chung Foundation has provided scholarships to a total of 560 university students over the past 10 years.
/ Courtesy of HDC |
Korean SUVs patrol APEC  | A Hyundai Motor’s Santa Fe patrol car pulled near a conference center for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima, Peru, Monday. Police at the event use Hyundai and Ssangyong Motor SUVs.
/ Yonhap |
Students refuse classes in protest  | University students demand President Park Geun-hye step down over her involvement in an influence-peddling scandal centered on her confidant Choi Soon-sil, at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Monday. They said they will refuse to attend classes on Friday to protest against Park and will set another “day of absence” next month if their demands are not met.
/ Yonhap |
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