SK Telecom launches AI robot kit for monitoring fire, gas leaks

SK Telecom launches AI robot kit for monitoring fire, gas leaks

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has released an "AI robot kit" that can be attached to a robot to monitor fire and gas leaks. The kit is designed in th...

SK Enmove joins GRC's ElectroSafe Fluid Partner Program

SK Enmove joins GRC's ElectroSafe Fluid Partner Program

South Korea's SK Enmove Co. said on Monday it will participate in the ElectroSafe Fluid Partner Program run by US-based specialist company GRC, whic...

SK Nexilis signs $1 billion deal to supply copper foil to Northvolt

SK Nexilis signs $1 billion deal to supply copper foil to Northvolt

SK Nexilis Co., a unit of South Korean chemical materials maker SKC Ltd., said on Sunday it has signed a 1.4 trillion won ($1.08 billion) deal to su...

SK to build $480 mn recycling plant in France with partners

SK to build $480 mn recycling plant in France with partners

SK Geo Centric Co. is set to build a 450 million euro ($479.6 million) plastic recycling plant in France with the country’s utility company SU...

SK Shieldus introduces EDR-specialized control, analysis services

SK Shieldus introduces EDR-specialized control, analysis services

South Korea's IT security service firm SK Shieldus made an announcement on Thursday that they will be providing control and operation, investigation...

SK Enmove stresses pursuit of energy efficiency: CEO

SK Enmove stresses pursuit of energy efficiency: CEO

"This year is the first year of SK Enmove's process of becoming an energy-efficiency company," said Park Sang-kyu, CEO of SK Enmove, a lubricant sub...

POSCO affiliates mull name changes to represent green push

POSCO affiliates mull name changes to represent green push

South Korean steel giant POSCO Group is considering changing the name of some of its affiliates in a move to rebrand them as sustainable materials a...

SK Ecoplant enters bioenergy sector with waste-to-fuel tech

SK Ecoplant enters bioenergy sector with waste-to-fuel tech

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. will supply fuel made from the conversion of food waste.The company on Thursday said it entered the bioenergy market a...

SK Biopharm holds sales meeting for marketing Cenobamate in US

SK Biopharm holds sales meeting for marketing Cenobamate in US

On Wednesday, SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. announced that its US subsidiary, SK Life Sciences Inc., held a "National Sales Meeting" in San Diego. The p...

SK Hynix may not slash chipmaking investment in 2023: vice chairman

SK Hynix may not slash chipmaking investment in 2023: vice chairman

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, will not significantly cut its semiconductor output this year, Vice Chairman Park ...

Korean PE firm STIC to buy stake in copper foil maker Iljin

Korean PE firm STIC to buy stake in copper foil maker Iljin

South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments is poised to become the second-largest shareholder of Iljin Materials Co., a Kosdaq-listed battery...

Ford EV production halt casts doubts over SK cell quality

Ford EV production halt casts doubts over SK cell quality

Ford Motor Co. said on Tuesday it has stopped production and shipments of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck due to a possible battery issue,...

Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC logs record loss in 2022

Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC logs record loss in 2022

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) posted the largest annual loss last year since its inception in 2005, according to its 20...

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. for the second straight year was No. 1 on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries excluding Chin...

SK Plasma, Janssen Korea sign sales, distribution agreement

SK Plasma, Janssen Korea sign sales, distribution agreement

SK Plasma Co. Ltd., a South Korean company specializing in the production of plasma derivatives from human plasma, is expanding its product portfoli...

Samsung, SK Hynix: key beneficiaries of ChatGPT fever

Samsung, SK Hynix: key beneficiaries of ChatGPT fever

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, stand to benefit from the global popularity of ChatGPT. ...

Lotte Fine Chemical transforms from ugly duckling to golden swan

Lotte Fine Chemical transforms from ugly duckling to golden swan

For Samsung Group, the fine chemicals business was an ugly duckling losing money while other affiliates, including Samsung Electronics Co., were flu...

SK Telecom doubles capacity of its AI service's supercomputer Titan

SK Telecom doubles capacity of its AI service's supercomputer Titan

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Sunday said it had doubled the processing capacity of its supercomputer Titan, the brain of its artificial intellige...

Aekyung Chemical to expand surfactant plant in Vietnam

Aekyung Chemical to expand surfactant plant in Vietnam

Aekyung Chemical plans to expand its surfactant plant in Vietnam, with the aim of targeting global markets in Southeast Asia, the company said on Fr...

Samsung Asset Management's bond-type ETF assets exceed $7.9 billion

Samsung Asset Management's bond-type ETF assets exceed $7.9 billion

Investment in South Korea is pouring into bond-type exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under the anticipation that interest rate hikes end this year. Such...

SK Telecom develops reconfigurable surface tech for 6G transmission

SK Telecom develops reconfigurable surface tech for 6G transmission

SK Telecom Co. on Thursday said it developed the world's first reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology that transmits 6G candidate frequ...

SK Hynix set for largest-ever corporate bond issue at bargain prices

SK Hynix set for largest-ever corporate bond issue at bargain prices

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is gearing up for its largest-ever corporate bond issue in South Korea at lower-th...

SK Telecom to launch multimodal AI to match ChatGPT

SK Telecom to launch multimodal AI to match ChatGPT

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. will adopt natural language generation and processing capabilities for its nascent artificial intelligence servic...

SK E&S, Ce-tek demonstrate carbon dioxide absorbent

SK E&S, Ce-tek demonstrate carbon dioxide absorbent

Ce-tek, a research company in carbon capture technology supported by South Korea's SK E&S, has conducted a demonstration experiment that dramati...

Lotte Chemical, RWE, Mitsubishi form alliance for clean ammonia

Lotte Chemical, RWE, Mitsubishi form alliance for clean ammonia

South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp. has joined forces with German energy company RWE and Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation to create a global consortium...

SK Bioscience gets info security management system certification

SK Bioscience gets info security management system certification

SK Bioscience Co. said on Tuesday that its Pangyo headquarters and its vaccine production facility L House in Andong, South Korea, have acquired ISO...

South Korea's SK Ecoplant localizes core tech to make ultrapure water

South Korea's SK Ecoplant localizes core tech to make ultrapure water

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. is expanding its portfolio in the water industry through localizing core technology to produce ultrapure water (UPW), ...

SKC eyes M&As in semiconductor, rechargeable battery materials

SKC eyes M&As in semiconductor, rechargeable battery materials

SKC Inc., a South Korean chemical materials company under SK Group, is seeking to buy semiconductor and rechargeable battery materials companies in ...

SK Innovation steps up carbon offset, green investments

SK Innovation steps up carbon offset, green investments

SK Innovation Co., the refinery and chemicals unit of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK, is poised to strengthen its eco-friendly b...

SK Ecoplant changes North American corporation name

SK Ecoplant changes North American corporation name

SK Ecoplant Co., a construction company of S.Korea's SK Group, said on Monday that it would change the name of its North American corporation BETEK,...

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