Boehlinger Ingelheim Korea is seeking to recruit female college supporters for a new leg-cooling spray named Alistak.The 30 successful candidates will engage in online promotion activities for the new product for about two months, according to the company.Any female college students with fresh ideas will be able to apply for the position, the company added.Five excellent supporters among the group will be given prize money and an opportunity for an interview with the company to select an intern.

South Korea, China and Japan adopted a joint declaration Monday that sums up annual summit talks between their leaders held the previous day, but the document made no mention of North Korea and its provocative behavior.The omission of any clause on North Korea highlights the difference that the South and Japan have with China over how to deal with Pyongyang. Beijing, the North's last-remaining maj

A Panamanian man who watched his two companions die while surviving at sea for 28 days in their small disabled boat has sued a U.S. cruise line because one of its ships failed to help, his attorney said Sunday.Attorney Edna Ramos said the lawsuit alleging negligence by Prince Cruise Lines was filed in a Florida state court on behalf of Adrian Vazquez.The 18-year-old Vazquez and companions Fernando

Yahoo! announced Sunday that Ross Levinsohn will temporarily replace chief executive Scott Thompson, who has stepped down in the face of controversy about his allegedly inflated resume.The California-based company, in a compromise with activist investor Daniel Loeb, said Fred Amoroso would take charge of the board of directors as the struggling Internet pioneer seeks its sixth new chief in as many

The country’s top internet portals are expected to make comebacks in the second quarter of this year, despite lackluster earnings in the first quarter, analysts said.Last week, the No.1 online portal NHN posted 576.7 billion won ($503 million) in sales and 161.8 billion won in operating profit from January to March.The firm’s sales figure surged 14.2 percent from the same period a year ago, but slipped 3.7 percent in operating profit.However, NHN, better known for its search engine Naver, was no

SK Telecom said Sunday that it will tap into the wireless digital tachograph service market by rolling out black boxes for cars in collaboration with small and mid-sized firms.The country’s top mobile carrier said that it formed a consortium with device makers Dongsun Electronics and Choyoung Automotive as well as system operator UB First and its affiliate SK Marketing and Company to build the car accident data recording system, also known as the black box.Called the “smart digital” black box, i

Antitrust regulator slaps only 45 million won in fines on 9 online malls The Fair Trade Commission said Sunday that it has sanctioned some conglomerate-based online shopping malls for fabricating product labels in violation of laws on electronic commerce.They included the cyber shopping malls for the nation’s big three department stores ― Lotte (lotte.com), Hyundai and Shinsegae ― and four home-shopping operators ― GS, CJ, NS and Lotte (lotteimall.com).Two other players were the Interpark INT an

HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― Global demand for active-matrix organic light-emitting diode displays is expected to remain robust thanks to their increased use in smartphones, a report said Friday. “Our channel checks indicate that Samsung is likely to expand its AMOLED capacity from July 2012 to meet robust demand for AMOLED-based smartphones. We expect AMOLED equipment vendors to benefit from this development,” said Shin So-yun, an analyst at Macquarie Securities, in the report. AMOLED displays are

South Korea and the Russian city of Vladivostok reached an open-skies accord in an effort to meet growing two-way demand for passengers and cargo, the government said Saturday.Under the agreement, South Korean airlines will be allowed to fly an unlimited number of times per week to the city in the eastern edge of Russia, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said.At present, only one South Korean and one Russian airline company offer regular flights. Korean Air Lines Co., the coun

South Korean stocks are expected to be influenced by European political developments and U.S. economic data next week, local analysts said Saturday.The country’s key stock index, the KOSPI, closed at 1,917.13 on Friday, a drop of 3.62 percent or 72.02 points from a week earlier, mainly due to anti-austerity election results in France and Greece and disappointing U.S. labor market reports. The KOSPI tends to track Wall Street and reacts to overseas developments affecting trade and investments. Th