Samsung leader eyes memory chip packaging investment

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, may accelerate investment in leading-edge technologies including chip packaging...

Chip designers in high demand despite industry slowdown

The semiconductor industry is reeling from a chip supply glut amid a broader global economic slowdown. However, as the saying goes, every cloud has ...

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

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

"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...

Vietnam’s rise: An ominous sign for Korean chipmakers

Just a few years back, it was Taiwan that was on everyone’s lips in the semiconductor industry.The small East Asian island country, home to th...

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

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

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 Chips Act revision hits roadblock as opposition lawmakers balk

The proposed revision to South Korea’s answer to the US CHIPS and Science Act has hit a roadblock as the main opposition party, which controls...

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

S.Korean IT firms rush for tie-ups to compete with ChatGPT

South Korean tech companies are rushing to form partnerships in different sectors to develop superior AI services to compete with ChatGPT, a chatbot...

S.Korean AI chip developer Rebellions releases Atom SoC

South Korean AI chip developer Rebellions Inc. announced on Monday the release of its AI chip Atom, a system-on-chip (SoC) designed for data centers...

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...

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 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

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

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

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 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 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 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 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,...

S.Korea's high-tech firms flood to US with heavy spending plans

South Korea’s large business groups are flooding to the US, with their pledged investments there exceeding $100 billion for the next two years...

SK Bioscience climbs two notches in ESG evaluation, receives BBB rating

SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea's SK Group, announced it has received a BBB rating in its latest environmental, social, an...

SK Ecoplant passes industry-first carbon reduction target verification

South Korea's construction and engineering company SK Ecoplant Co. said on Thursday that it has passed the greenhouse gas reduction target verificat...

SK C&C joins hands with Microsoft for digital healthcare solutions

SK C&C, an IT services unit of SK Group, said on Thursday that it had signed an agreement with Microsoft Korea to advance into the global market...