SK Shipping
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Nomura says new shipbuilding orders peaked; Korean firms refute
Nomura Securities recently said global new shipbuilding orders likely peaked in 2022, slashing its stock recommendation rating on industry leader HD...
Aug 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics cuts H1 costs by $1.6 billion on stable supply chain
LG Electronics Inc. has slashed raw material and transportation costs by 2.12 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in the first half thanks to a stable sup...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
SK Telecom's T deal sees 81.5% transaction amount increase in H1
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that the transaction volume of its artificial intelligence (AI)-curated text commerce T deal in the...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Cruise ship from China to visit S.Korea's Jeju Island on Aug. 31
Reservations for cruise ships visiting South Korea's Jeju Island are flooding in amid China's resumption of all group tours to its neighboring cou...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric, China’s Sinopec mark 10-year alliance
China-Korea Petrochemical, a joint venture (JV) between South Korea’s SK Geo Centric and the Chinese public oil company Sinopec, celebrates it...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK invests $100 mn in ChatGPT developer's rival Anthropic
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. said on Sunday it has invested $100 million in the US startup Anthropic, a ChatGPT rival artificial intelligence ...
Aug 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix ships DRAM with world’s largest capacity to Oppo
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, supplied DRAM chips with the industry’s largest capacity for mobile devices ...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix’s LPDDR5T chip likely mounted on MediaTek’s Dimensity
SK Hynix Inc.'s latest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T is expected to be mounted on MediTek Co.’s next-generation mobile application processor (AP) c...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea's SK C&C enters battery sector with DNA Motors
South Korea's SK C&C will make batteries for electric motorcycles as the first domestic system integration company to enter the battery field.SK...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
SK Square to buy back $152 mn of its stocks by March 2024
South Korean investment firm SK Square Co. will buy back 200 billion won ($151.9 million) worth of corporate shares by March of next year as an effo...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis to secure additional 12 car transport vessels by 2025
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to secure an additional 12 vehicle transport vessels by 202...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience buys 6.5 million Novavax shares for $83.4 million
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy 6.5 million shares in US vacc...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils another NAND to win chip stacking war
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., showcased its progress in the chip stacking technolo...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Pharmteco secures 12 global pharma clients, sets up US R&D center
SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has secured 12 global pharm...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Telecom’s transition into AI company gains traction
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading telecom firm, reported solid earnings across the board in the second quarter, especially with steady gro...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Bullet maker Poongsan chief Ryu’s new role: Korea’s top business lobbyist
Jin Roy Ryu, chairman of South Korea’s leading copper smelter and defense equipment maker Poongsan Corp., has been chosen to lead the ...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Nexilis to sell copper foil to German battery maker Varta
South Korea’s SK Nexilis Co. is set to supply copper foil, core materials for electric vehicle cells, to German battery maker Varta AG, expand...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China in H1
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in the first half of this year retained its No. 1 ranking on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batte...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharmaceuticals forms Scientific Advisory Board
South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals assembled its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of world-renowned physicians and drug development experts...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics teams up with world’s No. 7 shipping company ONE
South Korea's largest parcel delivery service CJ Logistics on Thursday said it signed a strategic partnership deal with Japan’s Ocean Network ...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Aerospace ventures into eco-friendly ship market
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Thursday that it has completed the development of a megawatt-hour (MWh) energy storage system (ESS)....
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea's SM buys shipping line HMM shares ahead of bidding
South Korea’s SM Group has increased its ownership in HMM Co., the country’s top container shipping line. The 30th-largest conglomerate ...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
SK C&C begins to construct S.Korea's first ATS
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group announced on Wednesday it has started constructio...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
SK Shieldus appoints former Samsung SDS president as new CEO
South Korean security company SK Shieldus announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Hong Won-pyo, former president of Samsung SDS, as its new CEO a...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKC, Toyota Tsusho tie up for N.America battery materials
SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, has joined hands with the trading unit of Japanese top automaker Toyota Group for the electric vehicle bat...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Daewoo E&C, SK Ecoplant to cooperate in nuclear power
South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) and SK Ecoplant Co. will jointly take on the domestic and overseas ma...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK E&S, Plug Power to strengthen hydrogen partnership
South Korea's SK E&S Co. and Plug Power, a global hydrogen solutions provider, have reinforced their commitment to accelerating the developmen...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK E&S seeks Australia's support for Barossa LNG, CCS projects
SK E&S Co. has asked Australia to support its liquefied natural gas fields in the country and a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in neig...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom enters cloud managed service provider market
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will aggressively enter the cloud market by providing differentiated services based on its nationwide communication net...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea’s SK On launches domestic battery safety evaluation center
South Korean battery maker SK On has unveiled its state-of-the-art "SK On Battery Safety Evaluation Center" in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. T...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet