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LS C&S completes power cable plant in Myanmar

LS Cable & System Chairman Koo Cha-yub, fourth from left, cuts a ribbon while celebrating the opening of the firm's power cable plant at Thilawa Special Economic Zone near Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday. / Courtesy of LS Cable & System

Nov 14, 2018By Baek Byung-yeul

Lobsters from US

Models promote lobsters imported from the U.S. at a Lotte Mart outlet in Seoul Station, Monday. The discount chain will sell lobsters over 450 grams at 14,800 won each and those over 700 grams at 19,800 won each. / Yonhap

Nov 12, 2018

Industry minister visits KCCI

Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Chairman Park Yong-maan, third from left, speaks during a meeting with Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yun-mo, second from left, at the KCCI headquarters in Seoul, Monday. In response to growing calls for large-scale deregulation on corporate activities, Sung pledged to do his utmost to support businesses to create jobs and make investment. / Courtesy of KCCI

Nov 12, 2018By Nam Hyun-woo

Harvesting quinces to help the elderly

Samsung SDI employees pick quinces at headquarters in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, in this photo provided by the company, Sunday. With the fruit from about 150 quince trees at the headquarters and Ulsan plant, the employees made 300 bottles of quince concentrate. The company will sell the bottles to its employees and donate all the profits to senior citizens living alone. / Courtesy of Samsung SDI

Nov 11, 2018By Baek Byung-yeul

SK chief in Vietnam

SK Chairman Chey Tae-won, left, talks with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc about privatization of public enterprises in the Southeast Asian country at the prime minister's official residence in Hanoi, Thursday. Chey, who also serves as the chairman of the Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies, visited Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Friday, to deliver a speech at the first Hanoi Forum jointly hosted by the foundation and the university. / Courtesy of SK

Nov 9, 2018

To produce more

POSCO Chairman Choi Jeong-woo, fourth from right, pulls a lever during a switch-on ceremony Thursday to celebrate the expansion of POSCO Chemtech's anode materials factory in Sejong. Courtesy of POSCO

Nov 8, 2018

Falling gas prices

A gas station worker in Seoul changes the gas price to 1,591 won ($1.42) per liter from 1,714 won, Tuesday, as the government lowered the tax on refined fuel products. According to the Opinet, a gas price posting provider serviced by the Korea National Oil Corp., the nation's average gas price dropped to 1,684.2 won per liter that day, down 6.1 won from the previous day. / Yonhap

Nov 6, 2018

Future baristas

Starbucks Coffee Korea baristas help high school students brew coffee, during a job fair jointly hosted by Starbucks and Junior Achievement at Yongsan Y-Valley in Seoul, Monday. The coffeehouse chain and the global nonprofit youth organization invited 350 students at 50 vocational schools to the job fair to help them find jobs after graduation. / Courtesy of Starbucks Coffee Korea

Nov 5, 2018

Best multinational firm

Mercedes-Benz Korea CEO Dimitris Psillakis shakes hands with Korea Academy of International Business (KAIB) President Shin Geon-chul during KAIB's symposium at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Saturday. KAIB selected Mercedes-Benz Korea as the best multinational company. Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Korea

Nov 4, 2018

New iPhone arrives in Korea

Customers try out new iPhones, including the iPhone XS, at KT Ollehsquare in central Seoul, Friday, the day the new models officially started to be sold in Korea. / Courtesy of KT

Nov 2, 2018By Baek Byung-yeul

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