[PHOTO] 1st CU store in Hawaii

BGF Retail Vice Chairman Hong Jung-kuk, second from left, poses with Robert Kurisu, second from right, CEO of CU Hawaii LLC, in front of BGF Retail's first CU convenience store in the United States, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, Wednesday (local time). CU Hawaii LLC, a subsidiary of Hawaii-based WKF, operates CU Downtown on Oahu under a master franchise agreement signed in May. WKF, with 40 years of experience in real estate, property development, distribution, publishing and media, will help BGF Retail expand CU to 50 locations across Hawaii within three years. Hawaii is the Korean firm’s fourth overseas market expansion after Mongolia, Malaysia and Kazakhstan. Courtesy of BGF Retail.