LG Chem secures exclusive deal for Israeli desalination project

LG Chem secures exclusive deal for Israeli desalination project

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. revealed on Thursday that it has been awarded the exclusive contract as the sole supplier of reverse osmosis (RO) membran...

SK Ecoplant to join Canada's $4.5 bn green hydrogen project

SK Ecoplant to join Canada's $4.5 bn green hydrogen project

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. on Wednesday signed an agreement to join the first-stage, $4.5 billion construction of green hydrogen and ammoni...

SK Hynix seeks to raise $373 million as chip recovery looms large

SK Hynix seeks to raise $373 million as chip recovery looms large

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is seeking to raise as much as 500 billion won ($373 million) in bank loans to sec...

SK Telecom develops quantum cryptography-based VPN

SK Telecom develops quantum cryptography-based VPN

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Wednesday that has completed the development of quantum key distribution (QKD) technology-based virtual pr...

NKMax submits US subsidiary's securities report to SEC

NKMax submits US subsidiary's securities report to SEC

The listing in the US of NKGen Biotech, the American subsidiary of South Korean developer of natural killer (NK) cell therapy NKMax Co., is coming i...

SK, Hana Financial groups to jointly develop credit rating model

SK, Hana Financial groups to jointly develop credit rating model

South Korea’s SK Group and Hana Financial Group are jointly developing a next-generation credit rating model for the financially disadvantaged...

Mirae Asset Securities acquires European ETF market maker GHCO

Mirae Asset Securities acquires European ETF market maker GHCO

Mirae Asset Securities UK, the UK corporation of South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities, announced on Monday that it has acquired GHCO, a market-makin...

Korea starts building Shin Hanul, reviving aim to be nuclear powerhouse

Korea starts building Shin Hanul, reviving aim to be nuclear powerhouse

South Korea has begun construction of the main parts of the Shin Hanul nuclear reactors No. 3 and No. 4, reviving its goal of becoming a global nucl...

SK Chemicals, Comex jointly develop eco-friendly food storage containers

SK Chemicals, Comex jointly develop eco-friendly food storage containers

South Korea's SK Chemicals announced on Monday the launch of "Eco Clear," an airtight container developed in collaboration with Comex Industrial Co....

Yanolja acquires Israeli tourism tech company Go Global Travel

Yanolja acquires Israeli tourism tech company Go Global Travel

South Korea's tourism platform unicorn Yanolja has acquired Go Global Travel (GGT), an Israel-based company for global business-to-business (B2B) tr...

SK Geo Centric to attend event hosted by French president

SK Geo Centric to attend event hosted by French president

South Korea’s recycling specialist SK Geo Centric on Monday said its CEO Na Kyung-soo will attend the next day the Choose France summit at the...

Doosan begins pre-IPO funding round for US fuel cell unit HyAxiom

Doosan begins pre-IPO funding round for US fuel cell unit HyAxiom

Doosan Corp., the holding company of South Korean plant-to-machinery conglomerate Doosan Group, is slated to attract $200 million for its hydrogen f...

SK Chemicals to show eco-friendly cosmetic containers in China

SK Chemicals to show eco-friendly cosmetic containers in China

South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. will participate in the China Beauty Expo 2023, hold in Shanghai, China, from May 12 for three days. This event is ...

S.Korea to apply private advanced tech to military weapons in 5 years

S.Korea to apply private advanced tech to military weapons in 5 years

South Korea has approved a fast-track system that slashes complex administrative procedures for application of private technology to the military&rs...

US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China

US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China

The US government is considering establishing new rules for South Korea’s chipmakers to import advanced equipment to China to upgrade their fa...

Mirae Asset Securities joins Singapore Exchange's trading membership

Mirae Asset Securities joins Singapore Exchange's trading membership

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities has made history as the first Korean financial investment firm to join the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) trading...

SK Telecom to further develop AI, its growth driver in Q1

SK Telecom to further develop AI, its growth driver in Q1

SK Telecom Co. beat market expectations for its first-quarter earnings thanks to its robust non-telecom businesses and vowed to continue to bolster ...

LG Uplus to open cyber security dept. at Soongsil Univ.

LG Uplus to open cyber security dept. at Soongsil Univ.

In a first for the company, South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. will set up a cyber security department that offers employment at Soongsil University...

SK Telecom launches Seoul, LA tours in metaverse

SK Telecom launches Seoul, LA tours in metaverse

SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, said Monday it has created a virtual space of tourist attractions on its metaverse platform Ifland...

Korean app market One Store to raise $151 mn for Kiwoom's exit

Korean app market One Store to raise $151 mn for Kiwoom's exit

One Store Co., a South Korean homegrown app store, is slated to attract more than 200 billion won ($151.3 million) as its 100 billion won loan, whic...

SK Bioscience to produce MSD’s new Ebola vaccine candidate

SK Bioscience to produce MSD’s new Ebola vaccine candidate

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that it has signed a contract with MSD, a global pharma...

S.Korea's Air Premia, T'way compete for golden routes to Europe

S.Korea's Air Premia, T'way compete for golden routes to Europe

South Korea's low-cost carriers (LCC) Air Premia and T'way Air Co. are competing to secure "golden routes" to Europe that Korean Air must give up to...

SK Ecoplant to build waste EV battery recycling plant in China

SK Ecoplant to build waste EV battery recycling plant in China

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. will build a recycling facility for electric vehicle (EV) waste batteries in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, ...

SK Innovation’s battery sales at record high, production yield improved

SK Innovation’s battery sales at record high, production yield improved

SK Innovation Co. said on Thursday its battery affiliate SK On Co. posted record quarterly sales following a facility ramp-up in the US to meet risi...

Samsung, Hyundai, others to use hydrogen buses for commute

Samsung, Hyundai, others to use hydrogen buses for commute

Samsung Electronics Co., Hyundai Motor Co., SK Hynix Inc., POSCO Holdings Inc., SK E&S, POSCO E&C and SK Siltron have agreed to replace thei...

SK On to develop anode materials with Westwater Resources of US

SK On to develop anode materials with Westwater Resources of US

South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) battery maker SK On and the American graphite company Westwater Resources will jointly develop anode materials f...

S.Korea’s Suprema wins order from Saudi Arabia's Neom city project

S.Korea’s Suprema wins order from Saudi Arabia's Neom city project

South Korea’s Suprema Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI)-based security company, on Wednesday said it won a large-scale project in Neom, a ...

SK Biopharmaceuticals gets marketing approval for epilepsy drug in Israel

SK Biopharmaceuticals gets marketing approval for epilepsy drug in Israel

South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals said on Wednesday that the Israeli Ministry of Health has approved the company's new drug application (NDA...

Multifamily emerges as Korean LPs’ top real estate pick for 2023

Multifamily emerges as Korean LPs’ top real estate pick for 2023

Multifamily housing has emerged as the most popular real estate segment for South Korean institutional investors, with senior secured loans picked as ...

SK Geo Centric, Loop to set up plastic recycling plant in Korea

SK Geo Centric, Loop to set up plastic recycling plant in Korea

SK Geo Centric Co., a petrochemical unit within South Korean conglomerate SK Group, said on Wednesday it will set up a joint venture with a Nasdaq-l...

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