Hyundai Motor’s driver Thierry Neuville won the sixth round in the drivers division of the 2016 World Rally Championship in Sardinia, Italy that took place June 9-12, bumping Hyundai Motor to second place in the manufacturer division behind Volkswagen. Neuville brought Hyundai Motor to victory with the automaker’s new generation i20 World Rally Car. (Hyundai Motor)

Hyundai Motor’s Europe CEO Thomas Schmid (left) and Linde AG’s member of the executive board Christian Bruch pose on Friday at the headquarters of Linde Group located in Munich, Germany. The ceremony was held to mark the delivery of Hyundai’s hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle ix35 FCEV, or Tucson FCEV, to be used as for car-sharing service. (Hyundai Motor)

Park Sam-koo (right), head of the Korea-China Friendship Association and Kumho Asiana Group chairman, hosts a luncheon to discuss ways to promote cultural and economic exchanges between the two countries on Thursday at the 63 Building in Seoul. In attendance were Li Xiaolin (center), president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and Chung Jong-wook (left), vice chairman of the Presidential Committee for Unification Preparation and former Korean ambassador t

Incheon Aviation Tech Co. said Wednesday that it completed construction of the world’s largest engine test cell at its plane-engine maintenance center in Unbuk-dong, Incheon. The ETC will allow engineers to test engines weighing up to 75 tons. IAT is a joint venture between Korean Air and American engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney providing maintenance, repair and overhaul for commercial jets. Hanjin Group chairman Cho Yang-ho (fourth from left), Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority commission

Swimmers take photos at Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S7 experience booth Wednesday at the Caribbean Bay water park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. (Samsung Electronics)

Korea Drug Development Fund CEO Joo Sang-aun (left) and Mathai Mammen, senior vice president of cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases, immunology and oncology at U.S.-based pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday at the 2016 BIO International Convention taking place in San Francisco. The two have agreed to launch a new joint research and development program geared at linking Korea’s new drug development capabilities with global pharmaceutical

POSCO chairman Kwon Oh-joon (right) lights up the steelmaker’s reconstructed blast furnace No. 5 at Gwangyang steelworks in South Jeolla Province on Tuesday. The furnace grew to 5,500 cubic meters from 3,950 cubic meters following 112 days of repair works. (POSCO)

LG Electronics said Tuesday that it would be releasing Twin Wash, a front-load washing machine with an optional washer, in 40 nations including Mexico, Colombia, China, Taiwan and Vietnam. (LGE)

SAMSUNG PROMOTES IN HOLLYWOOD -- Samsung Electronics held a seminar in Los Angeles last week to promote the high-dynamic-range imaging technology, a technology that enables displays to show a wider range of colors. Around 100 engineers and experts in producing video content in Hollywood participated in the event. Samsung Electronics

Ham Jong-ho, CEO of Deloitte Anjin, plays darts with other employees in a game designed to donate money the more a player scores during the 2016 Deloitte Impact Day in Seoul on Wednesday. Some 700 Deloitte workers, including laywers and accountants, participated in the event to help underprivileged people. (Deloitte Anjin)

The LG Stylus 2 Plus, the larger-screen version of LG Electronics’ Stylus smartphone, went on sale globally Wednesday, starting in Taiwan. The new phone will hit other markets in Asia, South America, Europe and North America in the coming weeks. (LG Electronics)

LG Electronics’ top executives, including CEO Cho Seong-jin, visit an Ethiopian village, 60 kilometers away from Addis Ababa, as part of the firm’s global corporate social responsibility programs last week. The tech firm has run the support program LG Hope Community there since 2012, helping villagers improve infrastructure and cultivate land.　(LGE)

Officials from Hyundai Motor Group, World Vision and state-run international aid agency KOICA take part in a groundbreaking ceremony to build an auto mechanical training center in Ethiopia, Friday. The project is part of Kia Motors’ vocational education support program in Africa, dubbed the “Green Light Project.” Participants included World Vision’s Edward Brown (from left), KOICA head Kim In-shik, Ethiopian First Lady Roman Tesfaye, Hyundai Motor President Chung Jin-haeng and Kia Motors vice pr

Samsung Electronics on Sunday unveiled the 88-inch, 78-inch and 65-inch screen models of its latest SUHD TV that is based on the company’s quantum-dot liquid crystal display technology. (Samsung Electronics)

SK hynix CEO Park Sung-wook gives a welcome speech at a reception for the annual meeting of the World Semiconductor Council, a global institute for the world’s semiconductor industry, at the Shraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul on Wednesday. Around 100 CEOs and top executives of chip companies, including Samsung Electronics, Intersil and GlobalFoundries, took part in the meeting held at the hotel on Thursday. (SK hynix)