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Syndicated loans for LG Display

LG Display's chief financial officer Kim Sang-don, center, poses with executives of NongHyup Bank, the Korea Development Bank, the Export-Import Bank of Korea and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's Seoul branch at the Conrad Seoul hotel, Friday, after signing a syndicated loan deal worth 800 billion won ($716 million). LG Display plans to use the fund to accelerate its product transition from LCD to OLED. / Courtesy of LG Display

Sep 21, 2018By Baek Byung-yeul

For successful inter-Korean summit

SPC Group employees give free food and drinks to reporters covering the inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang at the media center located at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, Wednesday. The confectionery company, which is owned by North Korean-born Chairman Hur Young-in, ran the booth from Monday to Thursday, as it did during the previous inter-Korean summit in April in Panmunjeom and the North Korea-U.S. summit in June in Singapore. / Courtesy of SPC Group

Sep 20, 2018

Beer festival in Seoul

Models promote “Oktoberbest” beer festival at Goose Island Brewhouse in Seoul, Wednesday. The craft beer brand will serve special foods and house beer until the end of October to celebrate Oktoberfest, the world's biggest beer festival that began in Germany. / Courtesy of Goose Island

Sep 19, 2018

Chuseok gift for low-income household

S-Oil CEO Othman Al Ghamdi delivers a gift package containing songpyeon (crescent moon shaped rice cakes), groceries and daily necessities to a low-income family in Mapo-gu, western Seoul, Wednesday. The refiner said its employees delivered gift packages to 800 low-income households in the area, after making songpyeon, which is eaten during the Chuseok holidays. / Courtesy of S-Oil

Sep 19, 2018

LS holds R&D contest

LS Group Chairman Christopher Koo, left, shakes hands with a winner during an award ceremony of the group's T-Fair R&D contest at LS Tower in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. During the event Koo emphasized the importance of digital transformation. / Courtesy of LS Group

Sep 18, 2018By Baek Byung-yeul

Gifts for children

POSCO Daewoo employees pack food and other gifts in boxes during a charity work event at company headquarters in Songdo, Incheon, Tuesday. More than 300 employees and executives joined the event to present the gift boxes to children of 360 socially vulnerable families in the region. / Courtesy of POSCO Daewoo

Sep 18, 2018By Nam Hyun-woo

Coffee-flavored cereal

Nongshim Kellogg employees promote Mocha Granola Sticks in front of a food truck parked in front of the Home plus Gangseo store in Seoul, Monday. The new product features packaging resembling instant coffee sticks. Nongshim Kellogg said the food truck will visit consumers in the Seoul metropolitan area until Oct. 4. / Courtesy of Nongshim Kellogg

Sep 18, 2018

Supporting scientists

AmorePacific Group Chairman Suh Kyung-bae, right, poses with five young scientists after awarding them research grants at company headquarters in Seoul, Sept. 13. The five recipients will receive 300 million won to 500 million won ($260,000 to $440,000) annually for the next five years from the Suh Kyung-bae Science Foundation. The foundation was set up in 2016 with a donation from Chairman Suh to support young scientists in Korea. / Courtesy of AmorePacific

Sep 17, 2018

Drawing together

Participants of a drawing festival held by Korean Air wave after finishing a collaborative art piece during the event held at the carrier's hangar in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Sunday. / Courtesy of Korean Air

Sep 16, 2018By Nam Hyun-woo

Responsible drinking

Oriental Brewery (OB) CEO Bruno Cosentino, back row second from right, stands with OB employees at COEX in Seoul, Thursday, during a campaign for responsible and smart drinking. AB InBev, the world's largest brewer and owner of OB, has run the worldwide annual campaign for the past eight years. / Courtesy of OB

Sep 14, 2018

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