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Exciting Summer

K-pop boy band BTS and actor Park Bo-gum promote Coca-Cola at the new TV commercial the company unveiled Friday. Courtesy of Coca-Cola Korea

Jun 29, 2018

POSCO Daewoo to develop gas fields in Myanmar

POSCO Daewoo CEO Kim Young-sang, center, signs a contract with Lorenzo Simonelli, left, chairman of Baker Hughes, a GE company, and McDermott CEO David Dickson during a ceremony in Washington, D.C., Thursday (Korea Standard Time). POSCO Daewoo said the contract is an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) deal on the phase two development of Shwe and Shwe Phyu gas fields in Myanmar. / Courtesy of POSCO Daewoo

Jun 28, 2018

POSCO Daewoo to develop gas fields in Myanmar

SKT named as Asia's No.1 mobile carrier

Kim Young-kung, right, head of Next Generation-OSS Lab of SK Telecom, holds a trophy with Allan Tan, an editor for Telecom Asia, after the company was selected as the Best Asian Telecom Carrier at the Telecom Asia Awards 2018 held in Singapore, Tuesday. The firm has been recognized for its efforts to lead the evolution of the LTE network and the development of high-end 5G standards. / Courtesy of SK Telecom

Jun 27, 2018

KT in Shanghai

Models promote KT products at the company's booth at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018 taking place from Wednesday to Friday. KT is the only Korean mobile carrier attending the three-day event, the firm said, noting that it will show its advanced 5G technology. / Courtesy of KT

Jun 26, 2018

Cold noodles in summer

Models promote cold noodle products at Lotte Mart in Seoul Station, Monday. Lotte Mart said it is offering cold noodle home meal replacements at prices ranging from 3,300 won ($3) to 4,500 won. / Yonhap

Jun 25, 2018

LG supports Korean War veterans in India

Kim Ki-wan, right, president of LG India, poses with an Indian veteran of the Korean War, center, and Ambassador to India Shin Bong-kil during a luncheon held for Korean War veterans in Delhi, Saturday. To commemorate their efforts during the war, LG invited the veterans and awarded them letters of appreciation and provided them with the company's home appliances including LG PuriCare air and water purifiers. / Courtesy of LG Electronics

Jun 24, 2018

Doosan chairman at robot fair

Doosan Group Chairman Park Jeong-won touches a robot at the Doosan Robotics booth at the Automatica 2018 robotics fair held from Tuesday to Friday. Doosan Group said Sunday that Park visited the trade fair to promote Doosan Robotics. / Courtesy of Doosan Group

Jun 24, 2018

American burger week

Models promote premium hamburgers at Lit it Tommy in Seoul, Friday. The U.S. Meat Export Federation said it began the 2018 American Burger Week event to promote authentic American-style hamburgers to Korean consumers. The federation's affiliated restaurants will offer up to 20 percent discounts on their hamburgers until July 5. / Courtesy of the U.S. Meat Export Federation

Jun 22, 2018

Nurturing future car designers

A Hyundai Mobis employee builds a model solar-powered car with students at Gaewon Elementary School in Seoul, Thursday. The auto parts company said 80 employees have run programs building model solar car and smartphone-controlled cars at 12 elementary schools across the country as part of the company's corporate social responsibility activities. / Courtesy of Hyundai Mobis

Jun 21, 2018

Asiana Airlines in Vietnam

Asiana Airlines Senior Vice President Cho Young-seok, sixth from left, poses for a photo with attendees of an entrance ceremony for the airline's job training program in Vietnam, Wednesday. The program is aimed at training female jobseekers from low-income families. It has so far helped more than 160 people find jobs at companies including Korean firms in Vietnam. / Courtesy of Asiana Airlines

Jun 20, 2018

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