CATCHING POKEMON IN ULSAN — Citizens play Nintendo’s augmented-reality mobile game “Pokemon Go” in Ganjeolgot, a coastal park in the southeastern city of Ulsan in South Korea on Friday. "Pokemon Go" became partially operational in the area from Friday, as the game officially began service in nearby Japan the same day. The game has yet to officially launch in Korea, though it works in certain cities such as Sokcho and Ulsan as the game’s GPS signal is active there. (Yonhap)CATCHING POKEMON IN UL

Kim Young-pill (third from right), a president of Green Cross Medical Science, a subsidiary of Korean biopharmaceutical company Green Cross, poses with foreign clients, who attended the conference held at its headquarters located in Yongin City on Thursday. (Green Cross Medical Science)　　

KT Corp., Korea‘s second-largest mobile carrier, is launching GiGA WiFi 2.0 which enables mobile users to use wireless Internet services with speeds of up to 1.73 Gbps, the firm said Friday. (KT Corp.)

Models celebrate surpassing 500,000 sales of Samsung Electronics’ premium refrigerators at an event in Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap)

Hyosung president Cho Hyun-joon (right) meets the Chinese party secretary Chen Shin in Quzhou to discuss the possibility of cooperation on the Korean firm’s investment in Quzhou’s spandex and NF3 business on Wednesday. (Hyosung)

Hyundai Motor vice chairman Chung Eui-sun (right) is greeted by his uncle and Halla Group chairman Chung Mong-won during his visit to the cemetery where the late Halla chairman Chung In-young lies, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his death in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday. Chung In-young is a brother of the late Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung whose grandson is Chung Eui-sun. (Yonhap)

Lotte Duty Free was voted the most popular Korean duty-free brand by Chinese shoppers in an online survey conducted by Chinese news outlet People‘s Daily Online. Lotte Duty Free received the most votes out of all 250 Korean brands in the survey, according to the company. Pictured: Lotte Duty Free PR manager Noh Jae-seung (center right) accepts the award on behalf of Lotte Duty Free from Zhang Yue, People's Daily Online Korea Vice CEO, at the awards ceremony held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul

Bank of Korea Gov. Lee Ju-yeol speaks about Korea‘s monetary policy during an international forum co-hosted by the central bank, the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy and the U.S.-based Peterson Institute for International Economics in Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap)

General Motors Korea’s chief James Kim (left) poses with GM’s new flagship sedan Cadillac CT6 at its launch event at the Grand InterContinental Seoul on Monday. The price of the sedan, which is slated to go on sale in August, starts from 78.8 million won ($69,000) for the premium model and 95.8 million won for the platinum model. (GM Korea)

Samsung Electronics, the world’s top smartphone maker, and KEB Hana Bank have formed a partnership to nurture their financial technology interests and develop joint business opportunities in the fast-converging world of IT and finance, the two sides said Sunday. Shown in the left photo is KEB Hana Bank CEO Ham Young-joo and in the right picture is Samsung Electronics president and mobile business chief Koh Dong-jin. (KEB-Hana Bank)

GM Korea CEO James Kim speaks at a ceremony at the carmaker’s Bupyeong headquarters in Incheon on Thursday to congratulate Chevrolet on winning the best prize among vehicle brands in the sales service category of the Korean Service Quality Index study conducted by Korea Management Association Consulting.GM Korea

An electronic screen at KEB-Hana Bank shows KOSPI recovered the 2,000-point level in three weeks on Wednesday. Yonhap

Kia Motors unveiled its new K5 special trims Signature alongside plug-in hybrid electric vehicle K5 PHEV in Seoul on Tuesday. The cost of the luxury version Signature, which comes with two models 2.0 gasoline and 1.7 diesel, starts from 22 million won ($19,100). (Kia Motors)

FROM GREAT INDUSTRY TO GHOST TOWN — Two construction cranes stand at a closed shipyard formerly owned by South Korean shipbuilder Sungdong Heavy Industries in Masan, South Gyeongsang Province, Sunday. In light of the prolonged downturn of the local shipbuilding sector, Sungdong’s 700-ton “Goliath Crane” will soon be purchased by a shipbuilding company in Romania, while the shipyard itself was sold off to 20 different small and mid-sized companies in July 2015. (Yonhap)

Lee Dong-geun (fourth from left), standing vice chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, poses with Lim Chae-un (third from left), president of the Small and Medium Business Corporation and others in Seoul on Wednesday, after signing an agreement to cooperate to support local SMEs in going global. (KCCI)