Economy - The Korea Times

Kimchi for needy neighbors

GM Korea officials make kimchi, the country’s staple side dish made of cabbage, for needy neighbors at the automaker’s head office in Incheon, Saturday./ Courtesy of GM Korea

Nov 27, 2016

Caring and sharing at Christmas

Children gather at an event at the Millennium Seoul Hilton, Sunday, for the unveiling of the hotel’s 2016 Christmas tree and charity train. The hotel has made the train cars with donations from local and international companies and has given the rest to an orphanage near the hotel every year for the last 21 years. Ninety international and local businesses made donations this year, according to the hotel, and the train will be on display until Jan. 15, 2017./ Courtesy of Millennium Seoul Hilton

Nov 27, 2016

Prize for creative science ideas

Students who received the main prizes in the LG Group Life Science Idea Contest, pose at an auditorium in the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon, Friday. LG has hosted the contest for the last 18 years aiming to promote creative scientific ideas among young people. / Courtesy of LG Group

Nov 25, 2016

Black Friday bargain

A customer buys an LG Electronics television at a Best Buy store in New York during the Black Friday shopping season, Thursday (local time). / Courtesy of LG Electronics

Nov 25, 2016

Prize for after-sales service

LG Electronics Korea Service Function Division Vice President Jeon Yang-gyun receives the presidential prize for service innovation on behalf of the company’s after-sales service division during an award ceremony for the 42nd National Quality Management Contest at the COEX in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, Wednesday. / Courtesy of LG Electronics

Nov 24, 2016

Quick-cooking microwave oven

A model promotes LG Electronics’ smart inverter microwave oven at the company’s headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, Tuesday. The electronics maker said the new oven has a 1,000 watts output and smart inverter technology, and thus is capable of cooking faster than previous models./ Courtesy of LG Electronics

Nov 22, 2016

HDC in Vietnam

Hyundai Development Company (HDC) Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, right, poses with Pony Chung Foundation Chairman Kim Chul-soo and a scholarship recipient after an awards ceremony at Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, last Friday. The Pony Chung Foundation has provided scholarships to a total of 560 university students over the past 10 years./ Courtesy of HDC

Nov 21, 2016

Korean SUVs patrol APEC

A Hyundai Motor’s Santa Fe patrol car pulled near a conference center for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima, Peru, Monday. Police at the event use Hyundai and Ssangyong Motor SUVs./ Yonhap

Nov 21, 2016

KEPCO to build smart campus in Maryland

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) CEO Cho Hwan-eik, right, poses, with Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, left, and his wife Yumi Hogan, after signing a letter of intent to build a smart campus at Montgomery College, Maryland, Saturday. The state-run utility firm will install its smart utility system in six campus buildings, which will reduce energy consumption by 10 percent. / Courtesy of KEPCO

Nov 20, 2016

Job training in Ethiopia

An official at LG Electronics Middle East and Africa uses an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV to teach Ethiopian students at an LG-KOICA job training school in Addis Ababa on Saturday. The electronics maker worked with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to provide special technology service lectures for 200 students and teachers in the country from Nov. 14 to 21. / Courtesy of LG Electronics