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Performing Psy's horse-riding dance

Foreign employees of Samsung Heavy Industries dance to Psy’s global hit song “Gangnam Style” at the firm’s main shipyard on Geoje Island, South Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday. This was part of an event to cheer up foreign workers and increase bonds between them and their Korean colleagues.                                                                               / Courtesy of Samsung Heavy Industries

Dec 4, 2012

Enjoy Christmas!

Customers have their photo taken with a teddy bear clad in a green Santa Claus costume while playing a game on a large touch screen at a Citibank branch in Myeong-dong, downtown Seoul, Tuesday. Citibank Korea said it set up the photo area and the game zone to help customers get into the Christmas spirit.                                                                                                                                                                    / Courtesy of Citibank Korea

Dec 4, 2012

New reactors going into service

Knowledge Economy Minister Hong Suk-woo gives a speech to celebratethe completion of the New Kori-1 and 2 nuclear reactors in Busan, Tuesday. The reactors will meet 3.3 percent of the country’s power demand. / Yonhap

Dec 4, 2012

Global top 8 in trade

Employees of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) perform at an event to celebrate the country joining the league of the global top eight in trade this year for the second consecutive year at COEX in southern Seoul, Tuesday. The association expects the trade volume to surpass $1 trillion. / Yonhap

Dec 4, 2012

Power-saving campaign kicks off

Knowledge Economy Minister Hong Suk-woo, right, hands a leafletexplaining the government’s power-saving campaign to an employee of a shoe store in Myeongdong, Seoul, on Monday. The campaign that continues until Feb. 22 bans stores from running heating systems with their doors and windows open. Stores will also be obliged to turn off outdoor signs during the peak power-consumption time of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.                        / Korea Times

Dec 3, 2012

Trip for new biz plan

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, center, and his wife Hong Ra-hee, right, pose for the media at Gimpo International Airport before flying to Hawaii for a winter vacation, Monday. Samsung will announce its plan for the new year after the chairman returns home.                      / Yonhap

Dec 3, 2012

Calendar plates

Employees of Hankook Chinaware show calendarimprinted plates during a product launch event at a Lotte Department store in Daegu, Monday.                                                                                                                                   / Yonhap

Dec 3, 2012

Absolute Unique

Models hold Absolute Unique, a new limited-edition vodka by Pernod Ricard, during a press conference at the Lotte Hotel in central Seoul, Wednesday. Only 4 million bottles will be sold worldwide and each one has a different design, which is enabled by the company’s cutting-edge technology.                                                                                   / Courtesy of Pernod Ricard Korea

Dec 2, 2012

Super-luxury sedan

A model poses next to the Rolls Royce Ghost Art Deco at the brand’s showroom in southern Seoul, Wednesday. The luxury sedan was unveiled in Korea for the first time in Asia. It is priced at 474 million won includingVAT.                                                                                                                        / Yonhap

Dec 2, 2012

Honda unveils new SUVs

Honda Motor’s new sport utility vehicles the Pilot, front, and the Odyssey are displayed at the Grand Hilton Hotel in northern Seoul, Friday./ Courtesy of Honda

Nov 30, 2012

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Performing Psy's horse-riding dance

Enjoy Christmas!

New reactors going into service

Global top 8 in trade

Power-saving campaign kicks off

Trip for new biz plan

Calendar plates

Absolute Unique

Super-luxury sedan

Honda unveils new SUVs

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