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Audi SQ5

Models pose next to the Audi SQ5 during a launch event at a showroom in Daechi-dong, southern Seoul, Thursday. The SQ5 is the first diesel-powered vehicle from the S series and the high performance version of the Q5 SUV. Its turbo-charged direct injection engine can generate 313 horsepower and reach 100 kilometers per hour just in 5.1 seconds. The car is priced at 86.5 million won./ Courtesy of Audi Korea

Jul 11, 2013

Winning $165 million deal

Hyundai Mipo Shipyard CEO Choi Won-kil, left in the front row, poses with Dole Food Company CEO Michael Carter, center in the same row, and other Hyundai and Dole executives at Dole’s headquarters in Los Angeles, Calif., the United States, Wednesday, after the Korean shipbuilder won a $165 million contract to build three reefer container carriers./ Courtesy of Hyundai Mipo

Jul 10, 2013

Woori's China branch

Woori Bank CEO Lee Soon-woo, center, celebrates the opening of the lender’s branch in Weihei, eastern China, Wednesday. This is the bank’s 16th branch in the country, and the first for a foreign bank in the Shandong provincial city. / Courtesy of Woori Bank

Jul 10, 2013

New R&D center

LG Chairman Koo Bon-moo, sixth from left, cuts the tape with Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick, fifth from left, Incheon Metropolitan City Mayor Song Young-gil, seventh from left, LG Electronics Vice Chairman Koo Bon-joon, eighth from left, and chief executives of partner companies in a ceremony to launch LG’s first car-component facility in Incheon, Wednesday. LG invested 310 billion won in the research center, which will house 800 engineers to develop car component-related technologies./ Courtesy of LG Electronics

Jul 10, 2013

Card firms meet

BC Card CEO Lee Kang-tae speaks during a meeting with officials from 21 credit card firms at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul, Tuesday. The operator of card payment system said it will strengthen education and consulting programs for card issuers. /  Courtesy of BC Card

Jul 9, 2013

Top celebrity at LG

Top celebrity Kim Tae-hee checks a 910 liter LG DIOS-branded fridge during her visit to the company’s manufacturing base for home appliances in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday. The visit was organized topromote LG white-goods during the summer season. / Courtesy of LG Electronics

Jul 9, 2013

Lost in meditation

Shinhan Bank CEO Suh Jin-won, left, meditates with other bank officials during a workshop at Tongdo Temple in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, last Friday. During talks, Suh emphasized the role of leaders in encouraging workers to come up with creative ideas. /  Korea Timse photo by Shim Hyun-chul 

Jul 9, 2013

Korea-China FTA talks

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Yoon Sang-jick, left, shakes hands with a representative from the agricultural and fisheries industry during a discussion on the ongoing negotiations for a Korea-China free trade agreement (FTA). The ministry collected ideas and thoughts from officials ahead of FTA talks between the two countries. / Yonhap

Jul 8, 2013

Longer opening hours

Woori Bank said Monday its Seolleung branch in southern Seoul will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., three hours longer than normal branches that close at 4 p.m., for account holders who cannot visit the bank during normal working hours. / Courtesy of Woori Bank

Jul 8, 2013

Free maintenance service

Kim Hyung-jae, right, president of Volvo Truck Korea, poses next to mechanics performing maintenance services on one of the firm’s truck in an expressway rest area in Sintanjin, Daejeon, Monday. The company will offer such services free of charge through July 16 to owners and drivers of the firm’s trucks. / Yonhap

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Audi SQ5

Winning $165 million deal

Woori's China branch

New R&D center

Card firms meet

Top celebrity at LG

Lost in meditation

Korea-China FTA talks

Longer opening hours

Free maintenance service

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