LG Energy Solution, SK Innovation raise global battery market shares

LG Energy Solution, SK Innovation raise global battery market shares

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK Innovation Co. expanded global battery market shares, leading steady growth in South Korea’s battery industry.S...

SK Global Chemical rebrands as plastic recycler SK Geocentric

SK Global Chemical rebrands as plastic recycler SK Geocentric

SK Innovation Co.’s petrochemical unit SK Global Chemical Co. has undergone a corporate name change to SK Geocentric Co., in a move to reident...

SK gas stations to become CJ Logistics micro-fulfillment centers

SK gas stations to become CJ Logistics micro-fulfillment centers

South Korea’s leading logistics company CJ Logistics Corp. teamed up with SK Energy to aim the domestic quick commerce market, utilizing gas s...

Amazon teams up with SK’s 11Street to offer Global Store for Koreans

Amazon teams up with SK’s 11Street to offer Global Store for Koreans

SK Telecom Co.’s e-commerce platform 11Street Co. has teamed up with Amazon, the world’s largest online shopping mall, to offer the US c...

Samsung Elec, SK Hynix shares jump alongside US peers

Samsung Elec, SK Hynix shares jump alongside US peers

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix sharply rose on Aug. 24 after suffering a continuous sell-off. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index gained for ...

SK Group’s holding firm to absorb SK Materials in corporate restructuring

SK Group’s holding firm to absorb SK Materials in corporate restructuring

SK Inc., the investment and holding company of SK Group, will absorb SK Materials Co., the group’s industrial gas manufacturing affiliate, in ...

SK E&S gears up for more US renewable energy investment'

SK E&S gears up for more US renewable energy investment'

SK E&S Co, South Korea’s top city gas supplier, is preparing for additional investment in the US renewable energy sector. The move is to e...

Shinsegae's e-commerce arm SSG.COM seeks 2022 IPO

Shinsegae's e-commerce arm SSG.COM seeks 2022 IPO

SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korea's retail titan Shinsegae Inc., has begun the process to go public next year, with its valuation estimat...

SK E&S' $2 bn preferred share deal shortlisted to four candidates

SK E&S' $2 bn preferred share deal shortlisted to four candidates

SK E&S Co., the largest city gas supplier in South Korea, has shortlisted four candidates among seven preliminary bidders to invest in 2 trillio...

Korean won at 11-month low as foreigners dump $6.1 bn in stocks this week

Korean won at 11-month low as foreigners dump $6.1 bn in stocks this week

The South Korean won tumbled to a near 11-month low as foreign investors dumped $6.1 billion in local stocks this week much more than their total se...

MSCI adds SK Bioscience, SKIET, EcoPro BM to Korea Index

MSCI adds SK Bioscience, SKIET, EcoPro BM to Korea Index

Global index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) added SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), SK Bioscience Co. and EcoPro BM Co. to its K...

SK Bioscience to kick off phase 3 vaccine trials

SK Bioscience to kick off phase 3 vaccine trials

SK Bioscience Co. has received approval from South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) for phase 3 clinical trials of its COVID-19...

SK Group expands foothold in Southeast Asia fintech sector

SK Group expands foothold in Southeast Asia fintech sector

South Korea’s energy and telecom conglomerate SK Group is aggressively strengthening its foothold in the Southeast Asian fintech business.SK S...

SK Hynix to set up US NAND firm led by Intel’s senior vice president

SK Hynix to set up US NAND firm led by Intel’s senior vice president

SK Hynix that took over Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business plans to set up a new company in the United States. Intel’s senior vice ...

SK's battery unit split-off drives polarized responses

SK's battery unit split-off drives polarized responses

The share price of South Korea's SK Innovation Co. has extended losses following its confirmation on Tuesday of the battery business splif-off plan,...

SK Innovation to split battery unit in October, seeks IPO

SK Innovation to split battery unit in October, seeks IPO

South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co. decided to split off its battery business in October with a plan to list the new affiliate ...

KKR, IMM PE in bid for SK E&S' $2 bn preferred shares

KKR, IMM PE in bid for SK E&S' $2 bn preferred shares

KKR & Co., IMM Private Equity and Glenwood Private Equity are among the preliminary bidders for 2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) worth of new prefe...

TiumBio acquires stake in SK Plasma to beef up R&D for rare diseases

TiumBio acquires stake in SK Plasma to beef up R&D for rare diseases

South Korea-based biopharmaceutical company TiumBio is set to acquire 30 billion won ($26 million) worth of shares in SK Plasma, a blood product com...

SK Hynix sees robust chip demand for rest of year after strong Q2 sales

SK Hynix sees robust chip demand for rest of year after strong Q2 sales

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, on Tuesday posted its highest quarterly profit and sales in nearly three years on ...

SK, China's Joyvio to launch $90 mn alternative food fund

SK, China's Joyvio to launch $90 mn alternative food fund

SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea's SK Group, will launch a 100 billion won ($90 million) fund jointly with Joyvio Group, a unit of Chinese...

SK Materials’ shares fly high on rosy business outlook

SK Materials’ shares fly high on rosy business outlook

Shares of SK Materials Co., the industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, are hovering around all-time high levels ami...

SK Materials to form a JV with US battery startup Group14 Technologies

SK Materials to form a JV with US battery startup Group14 Technologies

SK Materials Co., SK Group’s industrial gas manufacturing arm, will set up a joint venture (JV) with a US battery materials startup Group14 ...

SK Hynix joins Micron in 4th-gen 10nm DRAM production

SK Hynix joins Micron in 4th-gen 10nm DRAM production

SK Hynix Inc. has kicked off mass production of its 8 Gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4 mobile DRAM chips based on the 1a nanometer (1anm) node, according to the ...

SK Hynix outplays Kioxia as world’s No.2 smartphone NAND flash maker

SK Hynix outplays Kioxia as world’s No.2 smartphone NAND flash maker

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. has clinched a surprise second spot in the world’s NAND flash market for smartphones. According to the marke...

SK Global Chemical to start plastic waste recycling business in Asia

SK Global Chemical to start plastic waste recycling business in Asia

SK Global Chemical (SKGC), a petrochemical subsidiary of SK Innovation Co., plans to build a plastic waste recycling plant in South Korea to extract...

SK IE Technology throned as top battery materials stock on Korean bourse

SK IE Technology throned as top battery materials stock on Korean bourse

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a unit of SK Innovation Co., has climbed to the top ranking among battery materials makers in terms of market capitali...

SK Innovation turns to PEFs to sell stake in SK Global

SK Innovation turns to PEFs to sell stake in SK Global

South Korea's SK Innovation Co. is tapping private equity firms to sell up to a 49% stake in SK Global Chemical Co. after the chemical raw materials...

SK Biopharm aims to make it to global top 10 healthcare firms by 2030

SK Biopharm aims to make it to global top 10 healthcare firms by 2030

South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. said on Friday it aspires to become one of the world’s top 10 healthcare companies by 2030 with ...

SK Siltron to ramp up wafer production from 2022

SK Siltron to ramp up wafer production from 2022

SK Group’s silicon wafer affiliate SK Siltron Co. is planning to expand wafer production facilities amid growing demand from the global chip m...

SK Innovation to split battery unit, eyes Nasdaq debut as it goes greener

SK Innovation to split battery unit, eyes Nasdaq debut as it goes greener

South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. said on Thursday it is considering a spin-off of its battery business and listing the separated entity on the ...

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