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Halo Sport headsets debut in Korea

Ski jumper Choi Heung-chul, from left, golfer Lee Sang-hee, sprinter Kim Kuk-young and golfer Han Jung-eun pose with Halo Sport athletic headphones during the product’s Korea launch event at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, Tuesday. The headsets, manufactured by U.S.-based Halo Neuroscience, stimulate the brain’s motor cortex to improve athletic performance. / Courtesy of Halo Sport

Jul 19, 2017

POSCO Daewoo in Uganda

Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, third from left, tours a vocational school, built by a POSCO Daewoo-led consortium, in the African nation, June 30. Choi Jong-ku, CEO of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, and other top officials from Korean companies taking part in the $27 million project attended an opening ceremony. The state-run bank financed the scheme, which constructed five vocational schools across Uganda, via the Economic Development Cooperation Fund, a fund set up in 1987 by the government to aid developing nations. / Courtesy of POSCO Daewoo

Jul 11, 2017

Promoting Korea-China partnership

Promoting Korea-China partnership: SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won speaks during the Tianjin Forum 2017 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Tianjin, China, Friday. Chey stressed the importance of promoting sustainable urban development, environment protection policies and other issues key to improving the quality of life. The chairman also said Korean and Chinese businesses should strengthen their partnership despite the nations’ political and diplomatic differences. / Courtesy of SK Group

Jul 9, 2017

Protecting endangered species

S-Oil President Ryu Yul gives a certificate of appointment to university students as members of an endangered species conservation group at the refiner’s headquarters in Seoul, Wednesday. About 40 students will take part in a range of conservation activities in Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces. / Courtesy of S-Oil

Jul 5, 2017

Hyundai fights pediatric cancer

Hyundai Motor America CEO Jerry Flannery, left, poses with Brian Hansen Ladle, center, assistant professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Hannah Adams, fourth from left, the hope-on-wheels campaign ambassador, after donating $400,000 to the hospital at the automaker’s office in Washington D.C., Tuesday. Hyundai Motor donated an additional $600,000 to four other American medical institutions Tuesday as part of its hope-on-wheels campaign to fight pediatric cancer. / Courtesy of Hyundai Motor

Jun 28, 2017

Premium TVs in Latin America

Visitors to LG Electronics home appliance trading fair LG InnoFest in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, look at the company’s super-slim television LG SIGNATURE OLED TV W, Wednesday (local time). The electronics company said it will strengthen sales of localized premium home appliances in the Central and South American markets. / Courtesy of LG Electronics

Jun 22, 2017

Eco-friendly Lotte World Tower

Lotte Corporation CEO Park Hyun-chul, right, receives a Gold Level certificate in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design systems from U.S. Green Building Council Senior Vice President Peter Templeton at the council’s office in New York, Tuesday, for Lotte World Tower’s eco-friendly construction. / Courtesy of Lotte Corporation

Jun 21, 2017

Congratulating pianist's victory

Kumho Asiana Group Chairman Park Sam-koo, right, poses with pianist Sunwoo Ye-kwon at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul, Tuesday, after congratulating the pianist for winning the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the United States, June 10. Sunwoo was an artist-in-residence for Kumho Art Hall last year. / Courtesy of Kumho Asiana Group

Jun 20, 2017

For families of child patients

McDonald’s Korea CEO Cho Ju-yeon, fifth from left, poses at the local branch’s head office in Seoul, Monday, after donating 300 million won ($265,000) to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Korea which will build homes for families of long-stay child patients near Pusan National University Children’s Hospital in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province. McDonald’s High Growth Market President Joe Erlinger, second from left, RMHC Korea Chairman Jeffrey Jones, third from left, and McDonald’s Korea promotional model Daniel Henney, center, also attended the ceremony. / Courtesy of McDonald’s Korea

Jun 13, 2017

Electric dryer with remote-controller

Seen above is Samsung Electronics’ new electric dryer that comes bundled with a remote-controller. The company said Friday the appliance boasts its heat-pump technology, which the firm says minimizes damages to clothes and uses less electricity, compared with existing models. / Courtesy of Samsung Electronics

Jun 2, 2017

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