Family members walk out of the platform of Seoul Station, central Seoul, Sunday after visiting hometowns during the Chusok holidays. / Korea Times Photo by Ryu Hyo-jin
10-08-2006 18:18
Culture - Oct. 9, 2006
Opticians Eyedaq in Myeong-dong, Seoul holds an event introducing spectacles designed with old Korean letters on Sunday to mark the 560th anniversary of Hangeul or Korean Alphabet Day on Monday. The first 569 people who visit the shop with their own handwritten copy of the Hunminjeongeum, the book recording how Korean letters were created, will be given a pair of free glasses until Oct. 14.
Ban Ki-moon, left, foreign affairs and trade minister, shakes hands with Alexander Vershbow, U.S. ambassador to Seoul, before discussing North Korea’s nuclear test issue with him, at his office in central Seoul, Monday. / Korea Times 10-09-2006 23:18
New Volvo: Models demonstrate the All-New Volvo S80, a premium sedan put on sale for the first time in Asia, during an unveiling event at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul, Monday. /Courtesy of Volvo Korea 10-09-2006 21:23
Business - Oct. 10, 2006
Models pose at the Korean launch of the new Volvo S80 luxury sedan at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Seoul on Monday morning./Newsis
Hynix’ China factory: Woo Eui-je, second from left, CEO of Hynix Semiconductor, cuts a ribbon at the opening ceremony of its memory chip factory in Wuxi, China, Tuesday. Hynix owns 67 percent of the $2-billion factory, while China’s STMicro owns the rest.
/Courtesy of Hynix 10-10-2006 21:40
New Peugeot: Models showcase Peugeot’s New 307SW HDi, a crossover-type diesel sedan, at the Westin Chosun Hotel in downtown Seoul, Wednesday. /Yonhap 10-11-2006 21:01
Front - Oct. 11, 2006
North Korean soldiers react to being photographed while exercising at an army installation on the banks of the Yalu River at the North Korean town of Shinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong on Tuesday. With world leaders roundly condemning North Korea's announcement that it has carried out a nuclear test, UN Security Council members weighed an arms embargo and financial sanctions on Pyongyang./Reuters-Newsis
Culture - Oct. 11, 2006
The elderly team from Suncheon wait their turn at the ninth gymnastics competition for the elderly sponsored by the Gwangju, South Jeolla Province chapter of the Korean Red Cross.
Business - Oct. 11, 2006
An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with the carrier’s new color scheme that will officially debut at Incheon International Airport on Oct. 26./Yonhap
Michelle Wie talks Wednesday with her caddy on the second hole in the Pro-Am round of the Samsung Challenge at Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif. /AP-Yonhap 10-12-2006 14:28
Front - Oct. 12, 2006
A percussion group performs on the eve of 11th Pusan International Film Festival at the PIFF square in Nampo-dong in the port city also spelled ‘Busan’ on Wednesday evening./Newsis
Business - Oct. 12, 2006
Models show off footwear at the Winter Boots Fashion Show at the main branch of the Lotte Department Store in Seoul on Wednesday./Yonhap
National - Oct. 12, 2006
A staffer with the Gyeonggi Province Election Commission in Suwon on Wednesday tests a new touch-screen voting system that will be put into use in 2008./Yonhap
Baby skincare: Mothers participate in a baby skincare program hosted by Johnson & Johnson Korea at the Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap 10-12-2006 20:06
Premium Hyundai: Models pose with Hyundai Motor’s Veracruz, a luxury sport-utility vehicle, during an unveiling ceremony at the Sheraton Walkerhill Hotel in southern Seoul, Thursday. /Korea Times 10-12-2006 20:10
Business - Oct. 9, 2006
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Samsung Electronics’ folder-type blackberry phone SGH-T719, which will hit the U.S. market through TMobile. The phone enables users to send and receive e-mails and lets users know when they have new mail./Courtesy of Samsung Electronics
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Futuristic input device:People try out a new computer peripheral, which inputs data by recognizing human finger movements as an alternative to keyboards, at the International Semiconductor & Display Exhibition at COEX in southern Seoul, Wednesday. /Yonhap 10-11-2006 19:47
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