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Hyundai supports AfDB meeting

Hyundai Motor's vehicles are on display in front of BEXCO in Busan, the host city of the 53rd annual meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The nation's leading carmaker said Sunday it will provide 177 vehicles for the five-day event starting today. / Courtesy of Hyundai Motor

May 20, 2018

Displayed Bang & Olufsen on discount

Models pose with speakers and headphones of Danish luxury audio maker Bang & Olufsen at Hyundai Department Store, COEX branch, in southern Seoul, Friday. The department store said it will offer 15 to 35 percent discounts on Bang & Olufsen TVs, speakers and headphones which will be on display at the store until May 24. / Courtesy of Hyundai Department Store

May 18, 2018

Keep Bamseom clean

LG Chem employees remove invasive alien plants that disrupt the ecosystem on Bamseom, Tuesday. Bamseom is a pair of urban uninhabited islets in the Han River. A group of LG Chem employees has been volunteering as Bamseom's keepers since last year. / Courtesy of LG Chem

May 16, 2018

Korean wave expo in Moscow

Participants of Korea Brand & Entertainment Expo 2018 Moscow look into products displayed at the exhibition at Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center, Tuesday. The fair, co-held by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the Ministry of Trade, Energy and Industry, is the first exhibition to showcase products on Korean culture in Russia. / Courtesy of KOTRA

May 16, 2018

Starbucks card for university students

Starbucks Coffee Korea employees promote the new pre-paid card for Yonsei University students at its Yonsei Baekyangro store in Seoul, Tuesday. The coffee shop chain said the card will be sold to raise money for donations to the university. / Courtesy of Starbucks Coffee Korea

May 15, 2018

IWC's 143-year-old watch

Models display IWC's antique watches at Lotte Department Store Avenuel mall in downtown Seoul, Monday. The department store said it will hold an event to commemorate IWC Schaffhausen's 150th anniversary on May 18 to showcase antique watches including the Savonnette Pocket Watch released in 1875, right, and the Pallweber Pocket Watch released in 1885, second from right. IWC will begin sales of the IWC Tribute to Pallweber Edition “150 Years,” a redesigned version of the Pallweber Pocket Watch, the same day. / Courtesy of Lotte Shopping

May 14, 2018

BGF Retail loves Dokdo

BGF Retail's PR team head Park Jung-kwon, left, poses with Dokdo Sarang vice leader Lee Wan-hoon on a boat heading to Dokdo Island last week. The operator of CU convenience stores said Sunday it sponsored the civic group's festival on Ulleung Island and visited Dokdo to deliver gifts to police stationed there. / Courtesy of BGF Retail

May 13, 2018

Lingering fear over 'radioactive bed'

A citizen walks past a Daijin Bed store in Seoul, Friday. Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission on Thursday said some of the company's mattresses were found to contain monazite, a phosphate mineral with a high content of thorium, a radioactive metallic chemical. The commission launched an investigation on the mattresses after reports that radioactive materials, such as radon, were detected from them. / Yonhap

May 11, 2018

Promoting food safety

Officials from Seoul Metropolitan Government in charge of school meals explain the amount of sodium included in various food products during a food security fair held at Gwanghwamun Square, central Seoul, Friday. / Yonhap