HALLYU IN JAPAN -- Korean cosmetics are introduced at the K-Studio booth at the 2017 KCON Japan. The event included sales promotions and informational booths for Korean small and medium businesses, according to the Small and Medium Business Administration. (Small and Medium Business Administration)

SEOUL EDITION -- British luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce Motor Cars on Friday unveiled the Ghost Seoul Edition, with an illustration of the landmark Namsan Seoul Tower, along with the colors red, blue, white and black inspired by Korea’s Taegeukgi, at its showroom in Cheongdam-dong, southern Seoul. (Yonhap)

PLANTING TREES -- Korean Air officials, flight attendants and other participants join a project to plant trees in desertified areas in Baganuur, Mongolia, Tuesday. Some 600 have signed on for the project to expand the “Korean Air forest” that the air carrier has been creating since 2004. It currently sits on some 44 hectares of land with about 110,000 trees. (Lee Gil-dong/The Korea Herald)

ALL IN ONE -- Models show new fans that feature light-emitting diodes at the Seongsu branch of E-mart in Seoul on Tuesday. One of the LED fans displays messages when turned on. Another fan works as a clock and comes with an LED display that shows the temperature. (Yonhap)

FULL MOON -- A full moon rises on Wednesday, the inauguration day of the nation's 19th President Moon Jae-in. (Bae Hyun-jung/The Korea Herald)

THE NEW PRESIDENT -- South Korea’s major newspapers Wednesday report the landslide victory of Moon Jae-in as the nation’s 19th president. Leading conservative newspaper Chosun Ilbo (not included in the picture) highlighted the new administration as the “first progressive government in 10 years.” Moon’s five-year presidency kicked off around 8:10 a.m. on the day, upon confirmation of his win by the National Election Commission. (Kim Da-sol/The Korea Herald)

SMART LABELING -- A GS Supermarket employee uses a mobile manager program connected to LG CNS’ Electronic Shelf Label to digitally change the price labels for vegetables Tuesday. LG CNS has commercialized its ESL system, which displays prices on digital labels that can be altered to reflect special sales and promotions, at 100 GS Supermarket outlets nationwide. (LG CNS)

PAYING IT FORWARD -- Medical staff with Vision Care, a Seoul-based international blindness relief organization, pose with ophthalmology patients during a weeklong medical camp held at Bukhara General Hospital in Uzbekistan from April 16 to Sunday. The camp offered free surgical and ophthalmic care to roughly 1,000 Bukhara locals suffering from eye diseases such as cataracts, pterygium and blindness. It was sponsored by Posco Daewoo, the trading and construction arm of the South Korean steel gian

RUN TO THE SKY -- Runners take off at the 2017 Lotte World Tower International Sky Run, held at the Lotte World Tower in southern Seoul on Sunday. The race took runners from the first floor up to the observation deck on the 123rd floor, climbing 2,917 steps. It was hosted by the Vertical World Circuit, an organization under the International Skyrunning Federation. Proceeds from the race were donated to ChildFund Korea. (Yonhap)

NOVARTIS UNDER FIRE IN KOREA — South Korean civic groups representing local patients with leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumors hold a rally criticizing Novartis for allegedly inflicting damage to patients in a protest held in front of the Novartis Korea headquarters in Seoul, Monday. Korea’s Health Ministry is slated to suspend insurance coverage for 18 drugs sold by Novartis here as punishment for the Swiss drugmaker which was found to have provided bribes worth 2.6 billion won ($2.28 m

EXTRA BASS BOOSTER -- LG Electronics displays its new wireless stereo headset, the LG Tone+ HBS-920, releasing to the Korean market Monday. The new Bluetooth headset features an extra-bass booster, which would allow users to increase the level of bass volume to 6 decibels. The metal vibrators inside the earbuds, instead of plastic ones, will deliver balanced sound, along with extra bass, the company said. LG Electronics.

SAMSUNG EVACUATION -- A special rescue team vehicle is seen outside of Samsung’s head office in Seocho, Seoul, Friday, as they evacuated workers after receiving a false report that explosives were planted in one of the three buildings in the complex. (Yonhap)