NEW YORK (AP) ― In the two decades since its launch, Allure magazine has tracked an evolution of the American definition of beauty. Surprisingly ― although it really shouldn’t be considering the changing collective face of the country ― is that the public is more accepting of a variety of ideals. There is not the blond bombshell mold that everyone has to fit in to be considered attractive, eithe...

Korean exports to the European Union are expected to register solid gains once a bilateral free trade agreement takes effect, a local trade organization said Wednesday. The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) said a survey of Europe’s 26 largest importers showed they will increase their purchases of Korean products by up to 15 percent once the Korea-EU FTA is enforced. The trade dea...

Bosworth says U.S. assessing need for food in North, aid monitoring essential WASHINGTON ― The U.S. point man on North Korea said Tuesday that regime change in North Korea is not Washington’s goal. “We do not regard regime change as the outcome of our policy, but we do regard a change in regime behavior as necessary to any fundamental improvement in the overall relationship,” Stephen Bosworth, ...

SEATTLE ― The capability to glean crucial intelligence on potential enemies and quickly detect any signs of possible aggression from them is indisputably the most critical requirement to ensure national security. To meet this, the U.S. aerospace giant Boeing has been working on developing a set of state-of-the-art intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, both manned and unmanned. ...

Yoo Byung-chang took office as the new chief executive officer and publisher of Herald Media in a ceremony at the company’s headquarters in Seoul on Wednesday. Yoo, 61, former president of POSCO ICT, succeeded Park Haeng-hwan, who retired after three years in the post. The new CEO vowed to strengthen growth businesses of the future, including digital media and broadcasting. “The media environm...

CEO says company will focus on product diversity and convergence with telecom sector KB Kookmin Card set out its ambition to take the No. 1 position in the domestic market as the former Kookmin Bank unit, restarted as a separate corporation on Wednesday. KB Financial Group launched the stand-alone credit card firm eight years after the money-spinning unit was merged into the bank in 2003. The ...

Korea United Pharm. Inc., a local pharmaceuticals producer, launched a new social contribution project aimed at helping underprivileged senior citizens in Gangman-gu in southern Seoul on Monday. For the project, the company’s United Foundation signed an agreement with the Korean Senior Citizens Association and Gangnam-gu Office to collaborate on the project. As part of the project, the company ...

KT Corp. announced Wednesday that it has established a fourth generation wireless broadband (WiBro) network across the nation, enabling users to gain faster access to the Internet on their mobile devices. Pyo Hyun-myung, president of KT’s mobile business group, said the country’s top wireless Internet zone operator has set up the high speed network in 82 cities and on seven highways nationwide t...

The Walt Disney Company announced on Wednesday it appointed Luke Kang, a broadcast media specialist, as new senior vice president and managing director for the Korean unit. Kang, a Korean-American, will oversee the unit’s strategy and business and coordinate Disney global franchises in the market, the company said in a statement. “The combination of Disney’s award-winning content with Korea’s d...

Doosan Engine Co., the world’s second-largest maker of ship engines, said orders may more than double this year as shipping lines resume fleet-enlargement plans and the company works to expand its non-marine businesses. Contracts may climb to 1.8 trillion won ($1.6 billion) from 890 billion won last year, chief executive Lee Sung-hee said in an interview at the engine maker’s headquarters in Cha...

The Korean corporate sector, despite its rapid industrial success and latest attempts to become a trusted member of the global corporate society, has yet to gain the full trust of global opinion leaders, an executive of PR firm Edelman said. In its annual survey for measuring trust in business, government, NGOs and media in over 20 nations, the company said that opinion leaders across the world ...

State-run mineral developer looks to Africa, South America to ensure stable supply of resources Korea Resources Corp. is at the forefront of Korea’s drive to secure stable supplies of natural resources including rare earths crucial to its high-tech economy. Global competition is growing to secure sources of 17 scarce metals used to make cutting-edge products such as mobile phones, electric cars...