Innocean releases brand film of Kia Sportage’s 30th anniversary

Innocean releases brand film of Kia Sportage’s 30th anniversary

Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, has rolled out a brand film to mark the 30th anniversary of Kia Corp.'s Sportage, the...

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...

LG Labs opens door to unconventional idea seekers

LG Labs opens door to unconventional idea seekers

South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. has launched LG Labs, a playground for those wanting to test unconventional ideas that ...

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...

SK Chemicals to supply diabetes drugs to AstraZeneca Korea

SK Chemicals to supply diabetes drugs to AstraZeneca Korea

SK Chemicals Co., a South Korean chemicals maker and drug developer, said on Thursday it has signed a contract to supply diabetes medications to glo...

Why do so many S.Korean innovators bow out following success?

Why do so many S.Korean innovators bow out following success?

Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of the global luxury goods leader LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is well known for sporting a full head of...

Road near SK On’s US plant in Georgia named SK Blvd

Road near SK On’s US plant in Georgia named SK Blvd

South Korean battery maker SK On announced on Thursday that a road near its US corporation, SK Battery America's (SKBA) site, has been renamed "SK...

SK Biopharm eyes Asia's No.1 spot in radioactive drug market

SK Biopharm eyes Asia's No.1 spot in radioactive drug market

South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. is aiming to triple its enterprise value to $15 billion by 2026 with the goal of rising to the top run...

Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation

Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation

Disregarding existing ways and being open to new opportunities are challenging in South Korea’s large conglomerates, where a strict corporate ...

SK Pharmteco to raise $500 mn in pre-IPO, aims for 2025 listing

SK Pharmteco to raise $500 mn in pre-IPO, aims for 2025 listing

SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is set to raise $500 millio...

GI Innovation seeks to license allergy therapy to Japan in 2023

GI Innovation seeks to license allergy therapy to Japan in 2023

South Korea’s GI Innovation Inc. aims to complete licensing of its allergic diseases treatment candidate to a Japanese drug company by year's ...

SK’s Tmap enhances ESG efforts by navigating lowest-carbon routes

SK’s Tmap enhances ESG efforts by navigating lowest-carbon routes

South Korea’s leading mobility platform Tmap Mobility Co. has stepped up its environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts via its naviga...

SK Signet to supply over 1,000 ultra-fast chargers to US

SK Signet to supply over 1,000 ultra-fast chargers to US

South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer SK Signet Inc. on Monday said it landed an order to supply at least 1,000 ultra-fast charge...

Korea Zinc ties up with SK, Hanwha for Aussie green ammonia

Korea Zinc ties up with SK, Hanwha for Aussie green ammonia

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, has joined hands with SK Gas Ltd. and Hanwha Impact Corp. for the green ammonia bu...

Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer

Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer

Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...

SK Group chair sees semiconductor rebound in 6 mths to 1 yr

SK Group chair sees semiconductor rebound in 6 mths to 1 yr

The semiconductor industry may be at the bottom of its cycle and is likely to turn around in six months to one year, in tandem with an expected econ...

SK Biopharmaceuticals gets OK to sell epilepsy drug in Canada

SK Biopharmaceuticals gets OK to sell epilepsy drug in Canada

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals has received approval in Canada to sell its new epilepsy drug Cenobamate under the product name Xcopri. Having e...

SK Telecom, Hana Financial Group jointly nurture AI startups

SK Telecom, Hana Financial Group jointly nurture AI startups

SK Telecom Co. and Hana Financial Group are strengthening their collaboration in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). They are jointly fosteri...

S.Korea’s petrochemical players boost plastic container recycling

S.Korea’s petrochemical players boost plastic container recycling

South Korea's major petrochemical companies have entered the sector for 100% recycled plastic containers through cooperation with food and cosmetics...

Hanwha Solutions, SK D&D team up for hydrogen fuel cell, solar power

Hanwha Solutions, SK D&D team up for hydrogen fuel cell, solar power

South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp. and SK D&D have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly pursue hydrogen fuel cell...

SK Hynix eyes wastewater facilities sale for $770 mn

SK Hynix eyes wastewater facilities sale for $770 mn

SK Hynix Inc. is in talks with its affiliate SK REIT Co. to sell the wastewater treatment facilities within its semiconductor campus in Icheon, Gyeo...

Samsung, SK Hynix in next-generation HBM chip supremacy war

Samsung, SK Hynix in next-generation HBM chip supremacy war

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – have fiercely competed to advance their ch...

SK Shieldus to verify performance of self-driving patrol robot

SK Shieldus to verify performance of self-driving patrol robot

South Korean security company SK Shieldus will demonstrate the performance of a self-driving patrol robot.The company on Thursday said it received r...

SK Bioscience, Thai’s GPO to jointly boost vaccine infrastructure

SK Bioscience, Thai’s GPO to jointly boost vaccine infrastructure

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MO...

SK C&C to release Kospi-focused AI investment strategy service

SK C&C to release Kospi-focused AI investment strategy service

SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, will create an artificial intelligence (AI) inve...

SK Square, SK Hynix set up $77 million chip investment unit

SK Square, SK Hynix set up $77 million chip investment unit

SK Square Co. and SK Hynix Inc., together with two other South Korean companies, have launched a 100 billion won ($77 million) joint investment unit...

Genesis GV80 to come with LG’s OLED auto display in close tie-up

Genesis GV80 to come with LG’s OLED auto display in close tie-up

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis will be equipped with LG Display Co.'s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) automotive display for its...

S.Korea’s SK to buy US bio JV stake from Roivant for $48 mn

S.Korea’s SK to buy US bio JV stake from Roivant for $48 mn

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is set to purchase the entire stake in a US bio joint venture held by its partner, as the...

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