MOBILE CARRIERS PREP FOR HOLIDAYS — Korea’s three major mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus said Monday in their respective statements that they would closely monitor and manage communication infrastructure, including base stations, across the nation during the year-end holiday season when telecom and data traffic are expected to surge much more than usual.(SKT) MOBILE CARRIERS PREP FOR HOLIDAYS — Korea’s three major mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus said Monday in their resp

  ROBOTIC VACUUM WITH AR TECH -- LG Electronics said Monday it would unveil the Roboking Turbo Plus, a robot vacuum cleaner equipped with augmented reality technology, at the International CES, the world’s largest electronics trade show to be held in Las Vegas from Jan. 5-8. (LGE) ROBOTIC VACUUM WITH AR TECH -- LG Electronics said Monday it would unveil the Roboking Turbo Plus, a robot vacuum cleaner equipped with augmented reality technology, at the International CES, the world’s largest electr

Woori Bank president Lee Kwang-goo (left) poses with Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board chairman Franky Sibarani after signing a mutual cooperative agreement for strategic partnership in downtown Seoul on Friday. (Woori Bank)　

KDB’S QINGDAO BRANCH -- Korea Development Bank chairman Hong Ky-ttack (seventh from left) poses with Shandong Province Vice Gov. Xia Geng (sixth from left), South Korean Consul General in Qingdao Lee Soo-john, and bank officials of both countries at the launching ceremony of KDB’s Qingdao branch in Shandong province on Friday. (KDB)　　

INVESTMENT TIES WITH INDONESIA -- Woori Bank president Lee Kwang-goo (left) poses with Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board chairman Franky Sibarani after signing a mutual cooperative agreement for strategic partnership in downtown Seoul on Friday. (Woori Bank)

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 5 SPECIAL EDITION -- Samsung Electronics rolls out the Galaxy Note 5 Winter Special Edition, equipped with 128 gigabytes of built-in memory, a much larger capacity in comparison with previous 32-gb and 64-gb models, in Korea on Friday. The limited Note 5 winter edition comes in two colors -- gold platinum and silver titanium. (Samsung)

MARKETING BLITZ FOR PREMIUM KITCHEN APPLIANCES IN U.S.-- Designer David Bromstad (first from left), Cho Ju-wan (second from left), the head of LG Electronics’ U.S. division, designer Emily Henderson (third from left) and David VanderWall, vice president of marketing at LG, pose at a promotional event for Black Stainless Steel, LG’ premium kitchen appliance lineup, in New York on Thursday. (LGE)

Asiana Airlines CEO Kim Soo-cheon (center) poses after delivering a lecture for teens about the importance of pursuing dreams before searching for their career path at the annual Asiana Dream Festival, jointly organized by the air carrier and Seoul Cultural Foundation on Tuesday in Seoul. 　(Asiana Airlines)

  Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co., a South Korean builder, said Wednesday it has clinched $1.6 billion worth of orders to construct a luxury hotel, as well as apartment and office buildings, in Dubai. An artist‘s rendering shows the 47-story hotel named Dubai Royal Atlantis. (Ssangyong E&C)　

  SAMSUNG RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN -- Samsung Electronics said Wednesday its high-end SUHD TV 82S9W lineup has won the highest presidential award at the Good Design Selection 2015, a design award in Korea. The tech firm’s eight other products got awards, including the Chef Collection fridge RV8000, and the smart UX apps and widgets for the Galaxy S6 Edge Avengers Special Edition. (Samsung)

SAMSUNG RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN -- Samsung Electronics said Wednesday its high-end SUHD TV 82S9W lineup has won the highest presidential award at the Good Design Selection 2015, a design award in Korea. The tech firm’s eight other products got awards, including the Chef Collection fridge RV8000, and the smart UX apps and widgets for the Galaxy S6 Edge Avengers Special Edition. (Samsung) SAMSUNG RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN -- Samsung Electronics said Wednesday its high-end SUH

AWARD FOR JOB CREATION -- Starbucks Coffee Korea CEO Lee Seock-koo (right) receives a government order of merit from Employment and Labor Minister Lee Ki-kweon for the company’s contribution to job creation on Tuesday in Seoul. The coffee shop operator hires an average of 10 staff members for every new store, all with a regular work contract instead of part-time. Starbucks Coffee Korea

AWARD FOR FIREFIGHTERS -- S-Oil CEO Nasser Al-Mahasher (left) hands plaques and cash prizes to eight selected firefighters on Tuesday during the “2015 Hero Firefighters Award” ceremony, held at Yongsan Fire Station in Seoul. Firefighter Bae Gi-man from the Chungnam Fire Service Headquarters and seven other firefighters each received a plaque and a cash prize of 90 million won. S-Oil

COLLABORATION FOR SMART HOME -- Cho Young-hoon (left), head of SK Telecom‘s smart home TF, and Kim Hyeog-pyo, vice president of Dongbu Daewoo Electronics, pose at the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding in Seoul on Tuesday. The mobile carrier and the electronics maker will work together to launch home appliances which can be remotely controlled by SKT’s smartphone apps. (SKT)