SK Signet to showcase new ultra-fast charger at CES 2023

SK Signet Inc., the No.1 company in the US ultra-high speed charger market, will showcase a new standard ultra-fast charger V2 at CES 2023, the worl...

SK Innovation to inject $1.6 bn into SK On's rights offering

South Korea's top refiner SK Innovation Co. said on Dec. 21 it will invest 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in its electric battery maker unit SK On Co...

SK Broadband develops eco-friendly rechargable remote control

South Korea's internet service provider SK Broadband has developed a new B tv remote control that can be recharged with significantly reduced chargi...

Stayfolio receives $7.7 mn in Series A investment

South Korea's property-rental platform Stayfolio announced on Wednesday that it has won 10 billion won ($7.7 million) worth of additional investment...

SK E&S builds world's largest production base for blue hydrogen

South Korea's SK E&S has accelerated a blue hydrogen project in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, in what will be the world's largest comple...

KKR to buy 100% stake in SK E&S' Busan City Gas for $561 mn

Private equity giant KKR & Co. is slated to buy a 100% stake in Busan City Gas Co., wholly owned by South Korean energy company SK E&S Co., ...

Hyundai Motor to supply 3,000 vehicles to Libya's disabled

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Sunday that it had signed an agreement to supply vehicles to Libya's disabled through the Social Solidarity Fund, an agenc...

SK Materials, Arencibia ink MOU on noble gas recycling

SK Materials Airplus Co. announced on Monday that it signed an MOU with US-based Arencibia to prepare to enter the noble gas recycling business.&n...

SK PUCore's polyurethane insulator improves fire retardancy

SK PUCore, SKC's polyurethane subsidiary, was officially recognized for the fire retardancy of its polyurethane insulation material.The company said...

S.Korea must use Indonesia, Thailand as EV output-export bases: report

The Korea Automotive Technology Institute says the domestic auto industry should more proactively use Asean-region members like Indonesia and Thaila...

SK Group to display eco-friendly tech at next month's CES

South Korea's SK Group next month will display an extended range of carbon-reducing products and technologies at CES 2023, the world's largest exhib...

Hyundai, Kia to rank third in Europe’s car market after 45 years

Just a couple of decades ago, vehicles built by Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. were dismissed as second-class cars of poor quality, with some car m...

Korean PE firm Hahn & Co to sell used-car platform K Car

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is set to sell a majority stake in local used-car trading platform K Car Co. as its initial public o...

Korean startup Epikar succeeds in attracting series A investment

Epikar, a car retail digital conversion solution company, said on Thursday that it has succeeded in attracting Series A investment from a number of ...

LG Innotek to unveil parts for EVs, self-driving cars at CES 2023

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. said on Dec. 15 it will showcase its new products for electric and autonomous vehicle parts at the Consumer Elect...

SK Biopharm begins clinical trials of wearable device for detecting epilepsy

SK Group's new drug development subsidiary SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. will begin clinical trials for a wearable device that can detect and predict ep...

S. Korea's GI Cell, Japanese partner to study cell therapy for blood cancer

South Korea's GI Cell, the cell therapy affiliate of GI Innovation, on Tuesday said it signed an agreement with Optieum Biotechnologies of Japan on ...

SK Ecoplant earns AA grade for FTC's voluntary compliance program

South Korea's construction engineering company SK Ecoplant Co., Ltd. is accelerating its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management effo...

SK C&C to automate production process of SKC's US subsidiary

SK C&C announced on Wednesday that it will start a project to install a full-process automation system based on its smart factory platform I-FAC...

SK Innovation, SungEel HiTech form discarded battery joint venture

South Korea's SK Innovation Co. is forming a joint venture with SungEel HiTech Co., a company that recycles discarded batteries, to extract metals f...

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

South Korea is seeing growth in the variety of services for the rising number of eco-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) on the nation's roads.Industry...

IONIQ 5 named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-2023

Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday said its electric-powered sport-utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 was named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-23 by th...

SK Biopharmaceuticals launches epilepsy drug in France

South Korean SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. said on Friday that its treatment of epilepsy "Cenobamate" has been approved for sale in France.The company l...

SK Telecom gets global approval for UAM-interworking tech standard

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Thursday said the International Telecommunication Union's Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) approved ...

SK Hynix develops world's fastest server DRAM sample

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it has developed working samples of DDR5 multiplexer combined ranks dual ...

SK Chemicals obtains highest ESG rating among listed companies

SK Chemicals obtained the highest grade in a recent ESG (environmental, social, and governance) rating evaluation of 1,033 listed companies, the com...

SK Car Rental acquires ISO 45001 for safety, health management system

SK Car Rental said on Wednesday that it has obtained the safety and health management system (ISO45001) certification from the British Standards Ins...

LG Innotek unveils plastic-glass lenses for self-driving car camera modules

LG Innotek, the electrical component unit of South Korea's LG Group, said on Wednesday that it has developed two types of high-performance hybrid le...

SK On-Ford Motor EV battery joint venture breaks ground in Kentucky

NEW YORK – SK On Co., a leading South Korean battery maker, and Ford Motor Co. have begun building their multi-billion-dollar joint venture in...

SK Discovery launches bio strategy, investment division

Korea's chemical company SK Discovery Co. on Tuesday said it launched a bio strategy and investment division headed by Kim Jung-hoon, director of SK...