SK Telecom to host global AI hackathon in Seoul with OpenAI

SK Telecom to host global AI hackathon in Seoul with OpenAI

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will hold next month an artificial intelligence contest with OpenAI, the American information and communications techno...

SK On to expand domestic battery cell plant for $1.1 bn

SK On to expand domestic battery cell plant for $1.1 bn

SK On Co., a South Korean rechargeable battery maker, will make its largest-ever domestic facility investment of 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) to ...

SK Telecom's T deal sees 81.5% transaction amount increase in H1

SK Telecom's T deal sees 81.5% transaction amount increase in H1

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that the transaction volume of its artificial intelligence (AI)-curated text commerce T deal in the...

SK Geo Centric, China’s Sinopec mark 10-year alliance

SK Geo Centric, China’s Sinopec mark 10-year alliance

China-Korea Petrochemical, a joint venture (JV) between South Korea’s SK Geo Centric and the Chinese public oil company Sinopec, celebrates it...

SK invests $100 mn in ChatGPT developer's rival Anthropic

SK invests $100 mn in ChatGPT developer's rival Anthropic

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. said on Sunday it has invested $100 million in the US startup Anthropic, a ChatGPT rival artificial intelligence ...

SK Hynix ships DRAM with world’s largest capacity to Oppo

SK Hynix ships DRAM with world’s largest capacity to Oppo

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, supplied DRAM chips with the industry’s largest capacity for mobile devices ...

SK Hynix’s LPDDR5T chip likely mounted on MediaTek’s Dimensity

SK Hynix’s LPDDR5T chip likely mounted on MediaTek’s Dimensity

SK Hynix Inc.'s latest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T is expected to be mounted on MediTek Co.’s next-generation mobile application processor (AP) c...

S.Korea's SK C&C enters battery sector with DNA Motors

S.Korea's SK C&C enters battery sector with DNA Motors

South Korea's SK C&C will make batteries for electric motorcycles as the first domestic system integration company to enter the battery field.SK...

SK Square to buy back $152 mn of its stocks by March 2024

SK Square to buy back $152 mn of its stocks by March 2024

South Korean investment firm SK Square Co. will buy back 200 billion won ($151.9 million) worth of corporate shares by March of next year as an effo...

SK Bioscience buys 6.5 million Novavax shares for $83.4 million

SK Bioscience buys 6.5 million Novavax shares for $83.4 million

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy 6.5 million shares in US vacc...

SK Hynix unveils another NAND to win chip stacking war

SK Hynix unveils another NAND to win chip stacking war

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., showcased its progress in the chip stacking technolo...

SK Pharmteco secures 12 global pharma clients, sets up US R&D center

 SK Pharmteco secures 12 global pharma clients, sets up US R&D center

SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has secured 12 global pharm...

SK Telecom’s transition into AI company gains traction

SK Telecom’s transition into AI company gains traction

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading telecom firm, reported solid earnings across the board in the second quarter, especially with steady gro...

Bullet maker Poongsan chief Ryu’s new role: Korea’s top business lobbyist

Bullet maker Poongsan chief Ryu’s new role: Korea’s top business lobbyist

  Jin Roy Ryu, chairman of South Korea’s leading copper smelter and defense equipment maker Poongsan Corp., has been chosen to lead the ...

SK Nexilis to sell copper foil to German battery maker Varta

SK Nexilis to sell copper foil to German battery maker Varta

South Korea’s SK Nexilis Co. is set to supply copper foil, core materials for electric vehicle cells, to German battery maker Varta AG, expand...

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China in H1

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China in H1

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in the first half of this year retained its No. 1 ranking on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batte...

SK Biopharmaceuticals forms Scientific Advisory Board

SK Biopharmaceuticals forms Scientific Advisory Board

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals assembled its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of world-renowned physicians and drug development experts...

SK C&C begins to construct S.Korea's first ATS

SK C&C begins to construct S.Korea's first ATS

SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group announced on Wednesday it has started constructio...

SK Shieldus appoints former Samsung SDS president as new CEO

SK Shieldus appoints former Samsung SDS president as new CEO

South Korean security company SK Shieldus announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Hong Won-pyo, former president of Samsung SDS, as its new CEO a...

SKC, Toyota Tsusho tie up for N.America battery materials

SKC, Toyota Tsusho tie up for N.America battery materials

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, has joined hands with the trading unit of Japanese top automaker Toyota Group for the electric vehicle bat...

Daewoo E&C, SK Ecoplant to cooperate in nuclear power

Daewoo E&C, SK Ecoplant to cooperate in nuclear power

South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) and SK Ecoplant Co. will jointly take on the domestic and overseas ma...

SK E&S, Plug Power to strengthen hydrogen partnership

SK E&S, Plug Power to strengthen hydrogen partnership

South Korea's SK E&S Co. and Plug Power, a global hydrogen solutions provider, have reinforced their commitment to accelerating the developmen...

SK E&S seeks Australia's support for Barossa LNG, CCS projects

SK E&S seeks Australia's support for Barossa LNG, CCS projects

SK E&S Co. has asked Australia to support its liquefied natural gas fields in the country and a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in neig...

SK Telecom enters cloud managed service provider market

SK Telecom enters cloud managed service provider market

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will aggressively enter the cloud market by providing differentiated services based on its nationwide communication net...

S.Korea’s SK On launches domestic battery safety evaluation center

S.Korea’s SK On launches domestic battery safety evaluation center

South Korean battery maker SK On has unveiled its state-of-the-art "SK On Battery Safety Evaluation Center" in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. T...

SK Hynix logs loss for 3rd straight quarter in Q2 but eyes recovery in H2

SK Hynix logs loss for 3rd straight quarter in Q2 but eyes recovery in H2

SK Hynix Inc. reported an operating loss in the second quarter of this year, extending its losing streak to three consecutive quarters and inflating...

SK E&S opens representative office in Vietnam

SK E&S opens representative office in Vietnam

South Korea's renewable energy company SK E&S is speeding up the expansion of its global eco-friendly power generation business by opening a rep...

SK Broadband names SK Shieldus' ex-CEO Park its new chief

SK Broadband names SK Shieldus' ex-CEO Park its new chief

South Korea’s internet service provider SK Broadband Co. said on Friday it has tapped Park Jin-hyo, former chief executive at security affilia...

SK Networks to acquire data management company en-core

SK Networks to acquire data management company en-core

SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, will acquire en-core, a data solutions and consulting firm. The strategy is aimed at strengthening ...

SK Energy acquires logistics platform Goodsflow

SK Energy acquires logistics platform Goodsflow

South Korea's SK Energy will buy all shares of Goodsflow, a Seoul-based provider of logistics platform services, to enter the urban logistics center...

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