SK Securities rights offering
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Leadership & Management
SK Group commemorates chairman's 25th year since inauguration
SK Group, South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate, will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Chey Tae-won’s inauguration as chairman on Sept. 1....
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Shinhan Securities handles listing of private hospital in Indonesia
Shinhan Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that its local subsidiary in Indonesia has organized the listing of private hospital RSCH ...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On unveils new material to improve EV battery capacity
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, has unveiled a new material to improve its competitiveness in the solid-stat...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 participates in drone road show in Riyadh
South Korean leading defense company LIG Nex1 Co. took part in a drone-focused workshop "2023 Korea-Saudi Arabia Drone Road Show" in Riyadh, Saudi A...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung Electro-Mechanics suffers cut in Q3 earnings estimate
South Korea's Kiwoom Securities on Tuesday said it cut its third-quarter earnings forecast for Samsung Electro-Mechanics due to continued sluggish...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Sapeon completes $45 mn series A funding
Sapeon, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor company, announced on Wednesday that it has concluded a Series A funding round, ra...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Doosan to provide logistics automation solutions to Nike Korea
Doosan Logistics Solutions Co. (DLS), a South Korean system integrator that provides turnkey solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has won Nike ...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Chemicals wins APR certification for five recyclable materials
South Korea's SK Chemicals announced on Tuesday that five of its recyclable materials, which are used for packaging in the cosmetic, food, and bever...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
FNSValue, UN agency to provide passwordless authentication for fintech
South Korean blockchain company FNSValue Co. on Monday signed a partnership agreement with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Unit...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Nestlé seeks to open Starbucks brand stores in Korea
Nestlé S.A., the world’s largest food company, is preparing to open small Starbucks brand stores in South Korea to attract budget-consc...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Voronoi to strengthen AI-driven open innovation
South Korea’s biotechnology startup Voronoi Inc. announced on Monday that it is intensifying its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven new drug ...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's duty-free sector expects boom from Chinese tourists' return
South Korea's duty-free stores are over the moon thanks to the resumption of Chinese group tours after a hiatus of six years and five months, with m...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
BC Card to develop NFT as used luxury item receipt
South Korea’s BC Card on Sunday said it has applied for two domestic patents for payment receipt-based non-fungible token (NFT) technology to ...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS likely to give full rights on asset managment to experts
The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, is poised to give investment experts full rights ...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix leads DRAM industry’s Q2 revenue rebound, retakes No. 2 spot
SK Hynix Inc. saw its DRAM chip shipments significantly increase in the second quarter, leading the industry’s overall revenue rebound, market...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea Credit Data raises $75.7 million from Morgan Stanley
Korea Credit Data (KCD), a South Korean fintech startup focusing on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has raised 100 billion won ($75.7 mi...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience resumes output of flu vaccine after two years
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, on Wednesday shipped SKYCellflu, its vaccine for the common flu, for the fi...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s smaller firms embrace older, experienced workforce
South Korea’s liquid filtration system developer Neos Corp. has seven employees, all seasoned mechanical and electrical engineers in their 60s...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom to enter generative AI market with large language model
SK Telecom announced on Wednesday that it will provide tailored generative AI services to businesses and public agencies using various advanced arti...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Enmove partners with Dell, GRC for data center coolant business
South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. has partnered with US computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. and data center cooling system provider...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
LG Innotek inks renewable energy deal with SK E&S
South Korea's LG Innotek Co. announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with a domestic energy company...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Mirae Asset Securities exceeds $3 bn in overseas equity
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it owns more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) of equity capital in overseas operations as of June 30 of t...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
42dot gets vehicle cybersecurity certification
42Dot, a self-driving technology affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Tuesday that it received a certification of ISO/SAE 21434 Cyber Sec...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung Securities decides not to rejoin Korea’s top business lobby
Samsung Securities Co., in a surprise move, has decided not to rejoin South Korea’s top business lobby, the Federation of Korean Industries (F...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Group to pursue employee-led ‘deep change’
SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, has been dedicated to its “Deep Change” initiative since Group Chairman Chey ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience to export $51 bn flu vaccine to Thailand
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with Thailand's state-owned G...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom buys major stake in AICC developer Persona AI
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will boost its artificial intelligence (AI) contact center (AICC) unit to emerge as a comprehensive provider of AICC pr...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK E&S' low-carbon LNG project enjoys tailwind in Australia
DARWIN, Australia -- Darwin, Australia's northernmost port city, lies at the crossroads of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. With a tropical climate of...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix provides samples of best-performing HBM3E chip to Nvidia
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Monday it has developed HBM3E, the industry&...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Team Korea lands $447 mn solar power project in US
A group of six South Korean companies dubbed "Team Korea," which comprises private companies such as SK Ecoplant, public companies and a government ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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