Participants converse before the opening of the 28th annual General Assembly of the Korea-US Business Council held at the Seoul headquarters of the Federation of Korean Industries on Thursday. Some 70 business leaders and government officials from Korea and US came to the meeting considered the highest-level joint business consultative body. The event came one day after the election of Donald Trump as the next US president. (Yonhap)

Soldiers use incoming-only cellphones provided by LG Uplus to talk with family members. The company, which supplied the cellphones from January this year to help boost the military’s welfare, said the accumulated traffic from the phones at the facilities of the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Marine Corps reached 240 million minutes as of the end of last month. (Defense Ministry)

Former and current part-time employees of McDonald’s Korea hold a press conference in Seoul on Thursday announcing they are forming a labor union. McDonald’s Korea has been embroiled in controversy over allegedly heavy workload and poor working conditions. The union said it will request the right for collective negotiation. (Yonhap)

INGRESS EVENT IN SEOUL -- Niantic, the developer of the smash hit augmented reality mobile game “Pokemon Go” will host a competition for its earlier-launched AR-based game “Ingress” in Jamsil, Seoul from Friday to Sunday. “Ingress” is a multiplayer mobile game utilizing AR technology in which users, belonging to teams, must capture “portals” at places of cultural significance and create virtual triangular “control fields” over geographical areas. The event, titled “Ingress Anomaly Via Seoul Noir

Google introduces a special logo to commemorate Nov. 9, the 117th birthday of the late Bang Jung-hwan, a pioneer of literature and rights for children. He led the establishment of the Children’s Day holiday in Korea. (Google Korea)

Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho (second from left) talks with US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (left), US Ambassador to China Max Baucus (third from left) and US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert at the government complex in Seoul on Tuesday. The meeting was arranged to discuss business cooperation between Korea and the US in the region, the ministry said. (Ministry of Strategy and Finance)

HSBC Korea CEO Martin Tricaud (center) and JA Korea CEO Kim Tae-joon (left of center) pose with Korean high schoolers who won an entrepreneurship competition at Olympic Parktel in Seoul on Saturday. The competition offers students a chance to experience running a business and selling products in the real market, the bank said. (HSBC Korea)

Models and beauty creator Risabae (second from left) showcase makeup brushes and other products of Real Techniques by Sam and Nic Chapman, makeup artists and YouTube sensations, during a launch ceremony in Nonhyeon-dong, Seoul, Thursday. (Yonhap)

KEB Hana Bank CEO Ham Young-joo (right) shakes hands with Gao Zhuang, president of the Yanbian branch of the Bank of Jilin, Wednesday, after signing a memorandum of understanding to share KEB Hana’s fintech knowledge. (KEB Hana Bank)

A visitor looks at a Christmas tree and ornaments displayed at the event Food Week Korea 2015, held at Coex, Samseong-dong, Seoul, Wednesday. (Yonhap)

Korea Electric Power Corp. CEO Cho Hwan-eik (center) poses for a photo with South Jeolla Province Gov. Lee Nak-yeon (left) and Jeju Gov. Won Hee-ryong, after agreeing to facilitate renewable energy business in the regions at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, Wednesday. (KEPCO)

Trade union members of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering protest against the government-led restructuring measures for the shipbuilder. The Korea Development Bank on Tuesday announced an additional measure to swap more than 1.6 trillion won ($1.4 billion) of debts into equities and resume stock tradingby March 2017 in order to salvage the shipbuilder from capital erosion. DSME’s trade union, meanwhile, is opposed to the measures, which require layoffs of about 5,000 employees. Around 1,30

Asiana Airlines employees monitor aviation data via its newly deployed aviation safety management system named AASIS2, or Asiana Airlines Safety Information 2, at the company’s safety control tower in Gangnam, Seoul, Tuesday. (Yonhap)

Daesang Corp. CEO Myung Hyung-sup (left), employees and volunteers put together 6,000 presents, composed of Daesang Chungjungone‘s signature red pepper paste and other groceries, for donation as part of the firm’s 60th founding anniversary event at Gwanghwamun Plaza, central Seoul, Monday. (Yonhap)

LG Electronics‘ Wine 3G cellphone began sales in South Korea on Sunday via local carrier KT. LG’s new budget handset is designed for senior consumers who prefer cheap cellphones offering the most basic functions over high-end smartphones with complex features. The LG Wine 3G is priced at 143,000 won ($125), including tax, and is available in two colors -- brown and red. (KT)