Cuckoo home appliances post record sales in US, Vietnam
South Korea’s leading kitchen appliances maker Cuckoo Holdings Co. has posted record growth in overseas sales, largely driven by successes i...
Hyundai Motor to launch Genesis in China, posts record US sales
Hyundai Motor Co. and sister firm Kia Corp. posted their best-ever March and first-quarter sales in the US, where the South Korean companies are wor...
SK Hynix ponders fate of Kioxia stake after bids by Micron, WDC
The reported bids to buy Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. by Micron Technology Inc. and Western Digital Corp. is raising market chatter over...
SK IE Technology’s IPO plan to get boost from ITC ruling
SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), set to make a trading debut on Korea’s main bourse in May, is expected to get a favorable review in assessing it...
ITC rules in favor of SK Innovation over LG Energy in US battery patent suit
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled in favor of SK Innovation Co. in a US battery patent suit filed by LG Energy Solution Ltd., which...
SK acquires 70% stake in Yposkesi to jump into cell, gene CMO business
SK Inc., the holding and investment company of SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, has acquired a 70% stake in Yposkesi, a Fre...
GS Galtex to partner with Kakao for mobility services
South Korea's GS Caltex Corp., aiming to become a logistics platform, will invest around 30 billion won ($26 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp. to str...
Korea’s top delivery app operator Woowa joins 1 trillion won sales club
Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, commonly known as Baemin, has joined the 1 trillion w...
SK E&S to invest $1.4 bn in Australia LNG project
SK E&S Co. will invest $1.4 billion in a gas field development project offshore northern Australia that had been postponed due to the global pan...
KTB Network wins jackpot from Korean delivery app sale
KTB Network Co., a South Korean venture capital firm, has pocketed a double-digit return, or 62.5 billion won ($55 million) from the sale of its sta...
SK Bioscience halts flu vaccine output to focus on COVID vaccines
South Korea’s SK Bioscience Co. is suspending production of SKYCellflu, an influenza vaccine, to focus on manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines inst...
SK aims to raise enterprise value to over $120 billion by 2025
SK Inc., formerly known as SK Holdings Co., has vowed to raise its enterprise value to some 140 trillion won ($123 billion) by 2025 by focusing its ...
SK Tel, Shinsegae, Lotte, MBK make the cut in eBay Korea deal
Four out of the five preliminary bidders for eBay Korea, including SK Telecom Co. and MBK Partners, have made the cut in the deal estimated at aroun...
SK reiterates rejection of LG’s hefty demand for battery dispute settlement
SK Innovation Co. again refused to accept LG Energy Solution Ltd.’s demand that SK pay a hefty amount of compensation for its involvement in a...
SK Holdings to empower directors to pick and oust CEO
South Korea's SK Holdings Co. will give outside directors more authority to get involved in the selection and dismissal of its chief executive and i...
LG Chem CEO vows stern action against SK in battery legal dispute
The chief executive of LG Chem Ltd. said on Thursday that the company will sternly deal with SK Innovation Co. in the battery technology trade secre...
NPS makes strategic investment in BC Partners with Blackstone
The National Pension Service has made an investment in BC Partners by acquiring a stake in the UK private equity firm through a Blackstone fund, acc...
Hahn & Co. to put Korean auto parts maker up for sale
South Korea's private equity firm Hahn & Co. is seeking to sell a majority stake in Hanon Systems, a Korean automotive supplier, which is expect...
SK Bioscience debuts strong, up 160% from IPO price
SK Bioscience Co., a spin-off from the vaccine division of SK Chemicals, posted a strong debut on Kospi on Mar. 18, closing at 169,000 won a share, ...
SK Holdings, China’s Geely launch $300 million future mobility fund
South Korea’s SK Holdings Co. and China’s leading carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. have launched a $300 million joint fund...
eBay Korea draws SK Tel, Shinsegae and MBK
The sale of eBay Korea Inc., the country's third-largest online shopping platform, has attracted preliminary bids from leading Korean companies incl...
Delivery Hero kicks off sale of S.Korea's No.2 delivery app Yogiyo
Germany-based online food delivery service Delivery Hero SE has kicked off the sale process of South Korea's second-largest food delivery app, Yogiy...
Samsung, SK Hynix at crossroads, challenged by underdogs
South Korea’s leading chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are at a crossroads, challenged by smaller rivals such as Micron Te...
SK Lubricants draws Japan's refiner Enoes, three PEFs
Japan's biggest refiner Enoes Corp. is one of the four final bidders for a minority stake in South Korea's SK Lubricants Co., wholly owned by SK Inn...
SK Hynix's Intel NAND chip deal wins US regulatory approval
The US antitrust regulators have approved of SK Hynix Inc.'s $9 billion acquisition of Intel Corp.'s NAND memory chip business, also under review by...
SK Innovation board says no costly settlement with LG
SK Innovation Inc.’s board members on Thursday advised the South Korean electric vehicle battery maker not to pay hefty compensation for a set...
Affirma, EastBridge to invest $350 mn in SK's mobility venture
Affirma Capital and South Korea-based EastBridge Partners will invest a combined 400 billion won ($350 million) in SK Telecom Co.'s mobility...
Daewoo E&C up for sale; in talks with local PEF over $1.58 bn deal
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. is up for sale as its main creditor hopes to cash out of the South Korean builder on the back of its impro...
SK Bioscience IPO draws record-high demand from retail investors
South Korean vaccine maker SK Bioscience Co. has set a new record for initial public offering demand, raising around 63.6 trillion won ($56 billio...
Hyundai, Kia set to change gear to revive China sales
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. posted their worst results in China last year since they advanced into that neighboring market in 2002. Their Chines...
