China’s tighter grip on supply chain hurts Korean battery makers

While the recent urea crisis laid bare South Korea’s heavy dependence on China for the basic raw material, concerns are growing that the count...
While the recent urea crisis laid bare South Korea’s heavy dependence on China for the basic raw material, concerns are growing that the count...
SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Friday it has acquired non-exclusive rights to sell US-based No...
South Korean battery manufacturers are suffering from the growing dominance of their Chinese competitors in the world’s electric vehicle marke...
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has imposed a fine of 1.6 billion won ($1.3 million) on SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and the conglomerat...
SK Hynix Inc. has received approval from China’s antitrust regulator for its $9 billion deal to acquire Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip b...
Rechargeable battery shares in Korea are continuing their slide, hit by global supply shortages. In addition to the companies that produce completed b...
South Korean SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. launched its epilepsy treatment Cenobamate in the UK, rapidly expanding the company’s presence in Europ...
Chey Jae-won, the younger brother to SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, returned to the conglomerate’s leadership on Dec. 17, after an eight-year...
An activist fund has again urged South Korea’s SK Chemicals to sell part of its stake in SK Bioscience or buy back treasury shares and cancel ...
South Korea's SK Inc. on Thursday said it would co-invest $50 million in the US-based Fulcrum BioEnergy with a domestic private equity fund, in a bi...
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. said on Wednesday it has shipped samples of 24 Gigabit (Gb) double data rate 5 (DDR5) DRAM, the industry’s h...
South Korea’s top chemical manufacturer LG Chem Ltd. and its battery affiliate LG Energy Solution Ltd. have acquired a combined 2.6% stake in ...
South Korea’s exports have reached an all-time high thanks to strong overseas demand for key products such as semiconductors amid the global e...
South Korea’s POSCO Co. is set to split off the company to launch an investment holding firm, 21 years after its privatization. The move aims ...
SK Gas Co., the top liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) company in South Korea, has invested in Series B funding for C-Zero Inc., a California-based start...
Foreign investors are poised to extend their buying spree in South Korea’s main stock market to a sixth straight session, spurring hopes for t...
Come next year, attending meetings as a hologram version of yourself is set to become more common.Metaverse startup DoubleMe plans to commercialize ...
Leaders of South Korea’s three big conglomerates – Samsung, Hyundai and SK – are meeting with their major partners and business le...
South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. said on Thursday it is forming a new joint venture with US top automaker General Motors Co. to produce cathod...
SK Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s conglomerate SK Group, completed the merger with SK Materials Co. with aim to exp...
South Korea’s SK Square, an investment firm spun off from SK Telecom Co., will buy a stake in a local cryptocurrency exchange to expand its po...
One store Co., the South Korean homegrown app store developed by the country’s top online platform Naver Corp. and three telecom carriers, is ...
LG Energy Solution Ltd. is set to secure $1.36 billion to expand US battery output capacity, joining the fundraising race among South Korean battery...
SK On Co., one of South Korea's top three rechargeable battery makers, plans to raise around 3 trillion won ($2.5 billion) in a pre-IPO share sale n...
Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top lead and zinc smelter, plans to double its production capacity of nickel sulfate, a key raw material for cath...
South Korea’s conglomerates SK, LX and Daesang have joined hands on the eco-friendly plastics business, utilizing their respective strengths i...
The United States expected SK Hynix Inc.’s capital expenditures plan in China to pose a threat to national security, Washington’s top tr...
Foreign investors have absorbed $2 billion in South Korean stock markets so far in November, spurring hopes of a foreign comeback, although doubts r...
SK Ecoplant Co., the construction unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is slated to enter the offshore wind power business by acquiring a local win...
SK Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, is seeking to make COVID-19 treatment pills developed by Pfizer Inc. an...