AMORE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — AmorePacific, in partnership with the Korea Breast Cancer Foundation, kicked off the 2015 Pink Ribbon Love Seoul Marathon in western Seoul on Sunday. Attended by some 10,000 participants this year, the event aims to spread awareness on breast cancer -- the most common form of cancer among women -- and raise funds for low-income breast cancer patients. (AmorePacific)

SDJ Corporation chairman Shin Dong-joo, who is in a feud with his younger brother  and Lotte Group chairman Dong-bin, enters Lotte Hotel to take claim of control over their father’s office, located on the 34th floor of the hotel, Friday. Yonhap

SONY RELEASES WORKOUT GADGET-- Sony Korea launches smart sports gear Smart B-Trainer, featuring an MP3 player, gyroscope, GPS and heart rate sensor, in Seoul on Friday. (Sony)

EXPLORATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY TECH -- Choi Jin-sung (right), chief technology officer of SKT, and Leap Motion CEO Michael Buckwald pose after signing a partnership agreement in Seoul on Thursday. SK has sought a global partner to develop virtual reality multimedia services. (SKT)

WALL-MOUNTED WASHER ENJOYS STEADY GROWTH -- Dongbu Daewoo Electronics said Thursday the accumulative sales of its wall-mounted front-loading washer Mini surpassed 100,000 units worldwide, posting more than 30 percent growth in sales every year since its release in 2012. (Dongbu Daewoo)

KT RECOGNIZED FOR WI-FI TECHNOLOGY -- South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT said Thursday its kt wiz park, the home stadium for the kt wiz professional baseball team in Suwon City, won the Best High Density Wi-Fi Deployment in a Venue -- an award granted to a network operator achieving the best advances in venue deployments -- at the WiFi Industry Awards 2015 in San Jose, California, on Wednesday. The award event is organized by the Wireless Broadband Alliance, an industry organization to prom

GALAXY NOTE GLITTERS WITH NEW COLORS -- Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has added new color options -- silver titanium and gold pink -- for its premium phablet Galaxy Note 5 lineup. The mobile device now comes in five colors including white pearl, black sapphire and gold platinum. (Samsung)GALAXY NOTE GLITTERS WITH NEW COLORS -- Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has added new color options -- silver titanium and gold pink -- for its premium phablet Galaxy Note 5 lineup. The mobile device

  SAMSUNG SHOWCASES FUTURE DISPLAY -- A model poses with a transparent OLED display produced by Samsung Display at the International Meeting on Information Display 2015, an annual conference for the display industry held from Wednesday to Friday at KINTEX in Ilsan. (Samsung Display)

INNOVATION AWARD -- POSCO chairman and CEO Kwon Oh-joon (left) received the Steelie Award for “Innovation of the year” for the company’s lean duplex stainless steel with super ductility using a strip-casting process at the 49th annual conference of the World Steel Association held in Chicago on Monday (local time). POSCO

LG BEEFS UP BUSINESS FOR VEHICLE PARTS -- LG Electronics said Tuesday it had earned the ISO 22301 standardization certification, which recognizes the ability to keep operating in emergent situations including natural disasters and accidents. (LGE)

NEXUS 5X READY TO DEBUT IN KOREA -- South Korea’s major mobile carriers -- KT, LG Uplus and SK Telecom -- started receiving preorders for Google’s Nexus 5X smartphone Tuesday. The Google phone manufactured by LG Electronics is fitted with the latest version of the Internet giant’s Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system and a fingerprint sensor. (KT)

SMART TV APP FOR UHD CONTENT -- LG Electronics launches the “Ultra HD World,” a TV application for ultra-high definition content, for the first time in Korea. The tech giant will offer 130 TV dramas, and shows in UHD for free by the end of this year. (LGE)

GRAFF SHOWCASES FLAGSHIP JEWELRY — A model showcases Graff Diamonds’ Carissa Collection in a special exhibit at The Shilla Seoul on Thursday. The U.K.-based multinational jewelry-maker is displaying a number of its flagship jewelry collections at the Graff store inside the hotel until Oct. 17. (Graff Diamonds)