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Robotics
SK Telecom, Doosan Robotics launch AI-powered barista
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and Doosan Robotics Inc. have jointly launched an artificial intelligence-powered barista, SK Group'...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
Samsung Biologics CEO focuses on global business
John Rim, chief executive of Samsung BioLogics will directly lead his company's global sales operations for biopharmaceuticals through contract deve...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils industry’s fastest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it has developed the world’s fastest mobile DRAM chip and ...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
K-pop label SM taps activist investor as board member
K-pop behemoth SM Entertainment Co. said on Jan. 20 it has decided to tap Lee Chang-hwan, the CEO of local activist fund Align Partners Capital Mana...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Metaverse-based virtual offices: New breadwinner for LG CNS
LAS VEGAS – While buzzwords such as avatar and the metaverse are on everyone’s lips these days, waking up in the morning and going to a ...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On, graphite processor Urbix to jointly produce anode materials
South Korea's SK On Co. and US graphite processor Urbix Inc. have signed an agreement to jointly develop high-performance anode materials, Korea's l...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK E&S moves into EV charging market
South Korea's liquefied petroleum gas supplier SK E&S said on Wednesday that its subsidiary Parking Cloud will begin electric vehicle charging s...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Innovation-invested Amogy tests ammonia-powered heavy truck
Amogy Inc. has successfully tested its ammonia-hydrogen power system for large-size semi trucks – the first time that ammonia has been used as...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix creates Master title, highest position among field hands
SK Hynix Inc. said on Monday that it has newly established a "master" position, which is the highest level among field workers who repair and mainta...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung hires ex-Yogiyo CEO to lead online sales as rivals axe jobs
Samsung Electronics Co. has hired Kang Shin-bong, former chief executive of Yogiyo, South Korea’s second-largest food delivery platform, to le...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Chemicals launches uremia itching treatment tablet
SK Chemicals said on Monday that it has launched Remitch in orally disintegrating tablets, a treatment for intractable uremic pruritus (uremia itchi...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung CEO says construction of Taylor foundry on track
A US road in Taylor, Taxas, where global chip giant Samsung Electronics Co. is building a $17 billion fabrication plant on a scale of about 5 millio...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG Chem CEO named to head industrial body of World Economic Forum
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. on Sunday said its CEO and Vice Chairman Shin Hak-cheol on Thursday will be named chair of the Chemical and Advanced Mate...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
S.Korea's SKC Solmics changes name to SK Enpulse
South Korea's SKC Solmics, a wholly owned fine ceramics subsidiary of SKC, on Sunday said it changed its name to SK Enpulse.With 100% investment fro...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK-Ford JV likely to raise $4 bn via US loan program
Glendale, Kentucky -- A battery joint venture between South Korea’s SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co. is likely to raise about $4 billion in a US g...
Jan 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK Energy teams up with state-run power supplier for EV charging station
SK Energy, a major South Korean oil refiner, teamed up with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) to install electric vehicle (EV) and hydrogen...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Inc. eyes significant growth in bio business from 2024
SAN FRANCISCO – SK Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, expects significant growth in its biopharma...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix gets Intel certification for DDR5 server DRAM
South Korea's major memory chip producer SK Hynix Inc. said on Thursday that it has received certification that its 10-nm class fourth-generation (1...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix to benefit from Intel’s Sapphire Rapids CPU
The much-awaited launch of Intel Corp.’s latest processors dubbed Sapphire Rapids is a boon for leading memory chipmakers such as Samsung Elec...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom, Nokia demonstrate Korea's first open RAN base station
SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday that it verified jointly with Nokia the stable 5G speed and coverage performance in a field test by installing a clou...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
SK Ecoplant looks to enter US battery recycling business: CEO
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering company, will enter the US battery recycling business by investing in promising startups, C...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
SK Hynix issues $1 bn sustainability-linked bonds
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. has raised $1 billion in sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) to become the world's first memory chipmaker to issue ...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK E&S, Plug Power agree to strengthen hydrogen partnership
SK E&S CEO Choo Hyung-wook met with Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh at CES 2023 in Las Vegas on Jan. 5 to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in th...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK bio families to present visions to global investors at SK Bio Night
SK Inc., the investment company of SK Group, said on Tuesday that it will hold a networking event called "SK Bio Night" in the US along with its bio...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix introduces AI solution to semiconductor process
SK Hynix Inc. said on Tuesday that it has started to improve production efficiency and yield by introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) solution...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric signs MOU with Plastic Energy for plastic recycling plant
SK Geo Centric, a subsidiary of South Korea's top refiner SK Innovation Co., will join hands with a global company to build a super-large waste plas...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience's shingles vaccine obtains product approval from Malaysia
SK Bioscience Co. said on Monday that its shingles vaccine Sky Zoster has been given approval by Malaysia's National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Age...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
SK Ecoplant joins with PnP to foster eco-friendly global startups
South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. will join with global venture capital firm Plug and Play (PnP) to discover and launch global startups in eco-fri...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea's SK On scraps $3.2 bn Turkey EV battery factory plan
SK On Co., the world’s No. 5 electric vehicle battery maker, dropped a plan to build a 4 trillion won ($3.2 billion) plant in Turkey as higher...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Kyobo Life chief says data can overcome uncertain future
Shin Chang-jae, chairman and CEO of South Korea's Kyobo Life Insurance, has urged the overcoming of the economic crisis based on leadership of VUCA,...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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