SK South East Asia Investment
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Chemical Industry
SKC plans world’s largest biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam
South Korea’s SKC Ltd., secured an investment registration certificate (IRC) to establish the world’s largest biodegradable plastics m...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea’s SK Earthon starts oil production in South China
SK Earthon Co., the resources development subsidiary of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., began crude production at an oil f...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
SK Telecom to commercialize UAM with American partner
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will launch domestic commercial operations in urban air mobility (UAM) with Joby Aviation, a Santa Cruz, California-b...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
SK Ecoplant to supply AI-based incinerator tech to Malaysia
South Korea's energy, construction and engineering corporation SK Ecoplant on Friday said it signed a contract with Cenviro, Malaysia's largest publ...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul envisions its own Hudson Yards in the city's east end
Seoul, the capital of South Korea for more than six centuries since the Joseon dynasty, is poised to revamp its city planning for the next century w...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Unid expands potassium hydroxide plant in Ulsan
OCI Group-affiliated chemical company Unid announced on Thursday that it has completed the expansion of its Ulsan plant after investing 11 billion w...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Chemicals to sell pharmaceutical unit to Glenwood PE
SK Chemicals Co., a South Korean plastic materials producer, is in exclusive talks with Seoul-based Glenwood Private Equity to sell its pharmaceutic...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS, IGIS to collaborate in new biz for digital transformation
South Korea's information and communications technology service provider LG CNS on Wednesday said it will cooperate with the Seoul-based IGIS Asset ...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Japanese steelmakers flood South Korea on back of weaker yen
Japanese steelmakers are expanding their market shares in South Korea, backed by the yen's drop against the Korean won to the lowest in eight years....
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korea's Cosmax wins halal award in Indonesia
Cosmax Inc., a South Korean original development manufacturer (ODM) of global cosmetics that also does research and development in the field, has wo...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Kakao Pay’s tie-up with Alipay spurs growth in China
BEIJING – Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is rapidly growing in China’s fintech...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK becomes top shareholder of US contract drug maker CBM
SK Pharmteco Co., a South Korean contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), said on Wednesday it has secured management rights of t...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
US court rules in favor of Korea's nuclear reactor exports
A US district court on Monday dismissed Westinghouse Electric Corp.’s lawsuit against South Korean state-run companies to block their nuclear ...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Chemicals, Lovere to recycle waste plastic in China
South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lovere, a leading recycling business...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Hyundai eyes Saudi EV plant as Korea bets on Middle East boom
Hyundai Motor Co. is set to build an electric vehicle assembly plant in Saudi Arabia as South Korean companies are increasingly tapping growth oppor...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Alipay’s Ant becomes No.2 shareholder of S. Korea’s Toss Payments
Ant Group Co., the operator of China’s biggest mobile payment platform Alipay, has become the second-largest stakeholder of Toss Payments, the...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Netflix, S.Korea’s SK Broadband to settle longstanding legal dispute
Netflix Inc., the world’s top streaming service, and SK Broadband Co., South Korea’s No. 2 internet service provider, said on Monday tha...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Hynix tests new AI hardware on Meta’s generative AI model
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., has unveiled a new memory chip-based device that boo...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Kolmar Global launches hangover reliever Condition in Singapore
South Korea's Kolmar Global, a subsidiary of Kolmar Korea Holdings, on Monday said it exported the domestic hangover reliever brand Condition to Sin...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Ready for an AI pastor? Not too distant future in South Korea
Some Christians in South Korea are actively embracing the hottest technology of ChatGPT in their spiritual life, sparking controversy over the role ...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Chairman Chey vows to turn Ulsan into green energy, AI hub
Chey Tae-won, chairman of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, has vowed to turn the industrial city of Ulsan, where SK’s...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSOFT to run Battle Crush’s CBT in October for H1 2024 launch
NCSOFT Corp., a major South Korean game developer and publisher, is inviting game lovers to take part in the closed beta test (CBT) of its new actio...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
LG Chem, Eni eye JV to build biofuel plant in Korea
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. and Italy's energy giant Eni Sustainable Mobility (SM) have tentatively agreed to build a hydrotreated vegetable oi...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea to extend $6 bn in financing for African projects
BUSAN – South Korea will offer $6 billion in cheap loans and funds to domestic companies between 2024 and 2025 to finance their construction a...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Want to buy an iPhone 15 in South Korea? Pay more
During the unveiling of the much-anticipated iPhone 15 series on Tuesday, Apple Inc. said its newest product line is in same price range as its prev...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Ecoplant, S.Korean startup to recycle waste fishing nets in SE Asia
South Korea’s top waste management company SK Ecoplant has joined forces with Netspa, a Busan-based startup for recycling waste fishing nets, ...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Enpulse to sell off chip processing units in China
SK Enpulse Co., a South Korean semiconductor part and equipment maker, said on Wednesday it will sell off its chip pre-manufacturing processing unit...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK C&C to provide corporate employee healthcare
South Korea’s SK C&C on Tuesday signed an agreement to offer employee healthcare management programs to companies with digital healthcare ...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
SK Telecom's solution slashes cloud operating costs up to 40%
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Monday said it launched an optimization solution based on Amazon Web Services (AWS) that slashes cloud operating cos...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Forest, NH Securities to cut CO2 emissions in East Timor
South Korea’s SK Forest Co. and NH Investment & Securities on Friday held a launching ceremony for their joint supply of high-efficiency c...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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