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Meeting with MBA students

S-Oil CEO Othman Al-Ghamdi gives a lecture on the global oil industry and the refiner’s business at Korea University in Seoul, Wednesday. The Saudi-born CEO also urged students to work toward their goals with passion and lead changes in the business world. / Courtesy of S-Oil

Jun 1, 2017

Customers loyal to McDonald's

McDonald’s Korea Communications Director Kim Ki-hwa, right, shakes hands with Brand Keys President Robert Passikoff at Conrad Seoul, Tuesday, after the hamburger chain’s premium quality Signature Burger won the 2017 Brand Customer Loyalty Award. / Courtesy of McDonald’s Korea

May 31, 2017

Restoration

Starbucks Coffee Korea CEO Lee Seock-koo, second from right, holds a picture depicting the Korean Empire’s former legation in Washington, D.C., with Cultural Heritage Administrator Rha Sun-hwa, left, and Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation Chairman Ji Geon-gil, second from left, at Deoksu Palace in Seoul, Tuesday. The coffee shop chain donated 200 million won ($178,000) to restore the legation building. / Courtesy of Starbucks Coffee Korea

May 30, 2017

High-fives

Mercedes-Benz Korea CEO Dimitris Psillakis, left, hive-fives runners during the company’s corporate social responsibility program Give & Race at Sebit Seom in Seocho-gu, Seoul, Sunday. / Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Korea

May 28, 2017

Volunteer work

Employees of Kwangdong Pharmaceutical pose after their volunteer work to repair rundown houses in Cheongbuk-eup, Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province, May 20. About 60 company workers and municipal officials participated in the activity as part of an effort to help the underprivileged in the rural community. / Courtesy of Kwangdong Pharmaceutical

May 25, 2017

GE in energy valley

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) CEO Cho Hwan-eik, fourth from left, attends a tape-cutting event with GE Energy Connections CEO Russell Stokes, fifth from left, and other guests during a ceremony to mark the opening of GE’s office in the Bitgaram Energy Valley in Naju, South Jeolla Province, Thursday. GE and KEPCO have agreed to jointly create an energy industry cluster in the southeastern part of Korea. / Courtesy of KEPCO

May 25, 2017

S-Oil offers donation

S-Oil CEO Othman Al-Ghamdi, right, poses with Suh Sang-mok, chairman of the Korea National Council on Social Welfare, after giving a 330 million won ($292,000) donation to the charity at an S-Oil gas station on Yeouido, Wednesday. In cooperation with its gas stations, the refiner has been offering money and implementing volunteer programs for the underprivileged in various communities. / Courtesy of S-Oil 

May 24, 2017

Tefal's 20 years in Korea

Models of Groupe SEB Korea, an agent for the Tefal brand here, promote the company’s signature frying pans at an event celebrating the local branch’s 20th anniversary in Seoul, Monday. The company is displaying its newly released kitchenware, vacuum cleaners and hairdryers Tuesday. / Yonhap

May 22, 2017

Playground for children with cancer

Children with cancer play with Home plus eParan Foundation employees at a playground at the Korean Association for Children with Leukemia and Cancer (KACLC) in Seoul. Home plus said Monday that the company, KACLC and actor Kim Bo-sung donated money to build the playground for the children. / Courtesy of Home plus