Petrochemical partners

Korean President Moon Jae-in, center right, and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, center left, pose Thursday with Korean and Turkmen workers of a petrochemical plant in Kiyanly, Turkmenistan, which was built by a global consortium led by the Korean company Hyundai Engineering. Moon’s visit to the plant concluded his three-day state visit to Turkmenistan, the first stop in a three-leg Central Asian tour that will also take him to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. [KANG JUNG-HYUN]