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New kind of water purifier

Models promote Kyowon's Wells The One water purifier during a showcase event at the Four Seasons Hotel in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, Monday. The new water purifier is the first of its kind to have a faucet and a purification system, which is not seen in the photo, in separate units. / Yonhap

Jan 14, 2019By Nam Hyun-woo

SK chief's talk show

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won gestures during a meeting with employees at SK headquarters in Jongno-gu, Seoul, in this photo released Sunday. The meeting, held Tuesday, was in a talk show format in which Chey and the employees shared their thoughts on what makes a happy work/life balance. Courtesy of SK Group

Jan 13, 2019By Nam Hyun-woo

Samsung's billboards in Paris

Samsung Electronics began teasing for its “Galaxy Unpacked 2019” event with a billboard in Korean installed in Paris's famous Place de la Concorde, Friday. The tech giant said this and other billboards pay homage to the company's Korean origins. During the event scheduled at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Feb. 20, the firm is expected to roll out its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10. Courtesy of Samsung Electronics

Jan 13, 2019By Jun Ji-hye

Nuclear community's meeting

Minister of Science and ICT You Young-min, fourth from left in the front row, and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power CEO Chung Jae-hoon, to You's right, applaud with participants of a New Year meeting of Korea's nuclear energy industry leaders at the Palace Hotel in Seocho-gu, Seoul, Friday. / Courtesy of Ministry of Science and ICT

Jan 11, 2019By Nam Hyun-woo

Gift for Lunar New Year

Models promote Korea Ginseng Corp.'s (KGC) red ginseng products during a promotion event targeting Lunar New Year holiday gifts in Jung-gu, Seoul, Thursday. This year's holidays is from Feb. 4 to 6. / Yonhap

Jan 10, 2019By Nam Hyun-woo

Enhancing global sales network

Seo Jung-jin, founder and chairman of Celltrion, speaks at a New Year press conference at Conrad Hotel on Yeouido in Seoul, Friday. He said his firm will secure direct networks to sell its drugs worldwide in a bid to raise price competitiveness. As part of the plan, the firm plans to set up a joint venture in China. / Yonhap

Jan 6, 2019

Enjoying strawberry desserts

Customers check cakes and other desserts made with strawberries at a Lotte Department Store in Daegu, Friday. / Courtesy of Lotte Department Store

Jan 4, 2019By Baek Byung-yeul

Good fortune!

Models promote the varied shapes of piggy banks at an E-mart store in Seoul, Tuesday, as 2019 is the Year of the Golden Pig in which people expect bigger luck. / Yonhap

Jan 1, 2019

Taking 5G to Dokdo

KT engineers install base stations for 5G networks at Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo, Monday. The nation's mobile carriers began the world's first commercial 5G service on Dec. 1 and are now gearing up efforts to offer full-scale 5G services to individual smartphone users in March. / Yonhap

Dec 31, 2018

Reinstatement

SsangYong Motor workers, who were reinstated 10 years after the carmaker had dismissed them, hold carnations during an event held at SsangYong Motor's factory in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Monday, to celebrate their return. / Yonhap