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Next-generation EV batteries

Seen in this photo are the diverse battery products Samsung SDI showcased at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany. They include a multifunctional battery pack and low height cell. In particular, the former has drawn the most attention, as it allows users to change the number of modules installed for a single battery pack. / Samsung SDI

Sep 12, 2017

20th anniversary

Home plus CEO Kim Sang-hyun, fifth from left, cuts a cake during the discount chain’s 20th anniversary ceremony at its head office in Seoul this week. He vowed to lead Home plus to the top spot in the nation’s retail industry. / Courtesy of Home plus

Sep 7, 2017

LG Science Park

LG Group Chairman Koo Bon-moo, center, listens to an on-site report on the latest updates of LG Science Park which is set to open in 2020 in Seoul. The 170,000-square-meter R&D facility can house more than 22,000 engineers from the firm’s eight affiliates including LG Electronics, LG Chem and LG Display. / Courtesy of LG Group

Sep 6, 2017

Partnership for cloud database

Mike Azevedo, CEO of U.S. database management enterprise Clustrix, right, poses with cloud system consulting company MEGAZONE head Max Lee after signing an agreement to establish a database at MEGAZONE’s office in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Tuesday. / Courtesy of Emerson K Partners

Sep 5, 2017

Starbucks Decaf Zone

Starbucks Korea holds a series of promotional activities for its decaffeinated coffee at its Decaf Zone at Starfield Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Sunday. The local subsidiary of the U.S.-based coffee chain said its decaffeinated coffee accounted for 10 percent of its coffee sales since its launch here on Aug. 22. / Yonhap

Sep 3, 2017

Visit Jeju in September

Models wave during a press conference at the JW Marriott in Dongdaemun, Seoul, Wednesday, on a business plan for launching Jeju Shinhwa World. Landing Jeju Development, the operator of Shinhwa World, will open a theme park for children Sept. 30 as a part of the giant resort complex. The subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Landing International Development said the complex will also include YG Entertainment Town, Lionsgate Movie World and a foreigner-only casino. / Yonhap

Aug 30, 2017

Clustrix in CIO forum

Jin Lim, vice president of technology at Clustrix, delivers a speech on infinite data in the era of artificial intelligence at the chief information officer forum held by the Federation of Korean Information Industries in Seoul, Wednesday. He stressed the importance of infinite data over big data in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Clustrix is a San Francisco-based database company. / Courtesy of Emerson K Partners

Aug 30, 2017

Art class

A volunteer teaches Indonesian children how to make mosaics from traditional Korean paper at the SD Negara BIA-1 elementary school in Papua Province, Indonesia. POSCO Daewoo said Sunday its employees and 15 volunteers taught music, art and physical education to 300 students, Aug. 20 to 26, at the elementary school the company built in 2015. / Courtesy POSCO Daewoo

Aug 27, 2017

Calling for disruptive innovation

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won speaks during the 2017 Icheon Forum at the SKMS Center in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. While concluding the four-day in-house forum under the theme of “understanding deep change,” Chey called on employees of Korea’s third-largest conglomerate to double their efforts to bring disruptive innovation to its businesses. / Courtesy of SK Group 

Aug 25, 2017

Q8 available today

Models promote LG Q8 smartphone, Thursday, which will be sold here for 616,000 won ($545) starting Friday. LG Electronics said the new smartphone is equipped with high-end audio features and a quality camera capable of taking wide-angle photos. The dual-lens rear cameras have resolutions of 16 megapixels and 8 megapixels. The front camera has a resolution of 5 megapixels. / Courtesy of LG Electronics

Aug 24, 2017

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