Hyundai Motor Group to develop tech to cut Chinese precursor imports

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest carmaker, has started developing electric vehicle battery technology to cut costs and reduce th...

SK Broadband unveils upgraded AI-powered IPTV service

SK Broadband Co., South Korea’s No. 2 internet service provider, has upgraded the voice command function of its internet protocol television (...

LG Energy Solution tops EV battery quality in China

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. was selected as the top company for battery quality in China, surpassing Chinese battery manufacturers CATL an...

SK Hynix mass-produces 12-layer HBM3E for Q4 shipment

SK Hynix Inc. said on Thursday it has begun mass-producing the world’s first 12-layer HBM3E with a capacity of 36 gigabytes (GB) for shipment ...

SK On to cut jobs for first time amid sustained EV weakness

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to cut its workforce with the company’s first voluntary retir...

LG Energy Solution’s battery management business gains traction

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has kicked off a battery management total solution (BMTS) business to offer automakers more advanced and comprehensive batte...

SK Shieldus, Verizon form strategic partnership

South Korea's SK Shieldus Co. said on Wednesday that it entered a strategic partnership with the US-based telecom company Verizon.Under this partner...

SK Telecom, KT win at Leading Lights Awards

SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp. received the Leading Lights Awards 2024. SK Telecom and KT were named winners of Outstanding Use Case: AI/Machine L...

Hyundai Motor eyes EV battery production from 2027

Hyundai Motor Co. is preparing to build its first electric vehicle battery production lines by around 2027, taking its first step to internalize bat...

SK Hynix’s CXL optimization software tool installed on Linux

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Monday the key features of its computer expr...

Hyundai Steel set to supply iron powder to Korean LFP cathode makers

Hyundai Steel Co., a unit of South Korean automotive group Hyundai Motor Co., is set to enter the battery materials business by supplying iron powde...

SK Hynix to participate in TSMC's OIP 2024

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. will participate in the Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Ecosystem Forum hosted by Taiwan's TSMC, the world's lar...

Hanwha unveils carbon-free gas carrier amid tougher rules

Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s third-largest shipbuilder, has introduced a carbon-free gas carrier to meet the growing demand for eco-friendl...

SK Hynix shares nosedive after Morgan Stanley downgrade

The share price of SK Hynix Inc. plummeted as much as 11% at one point on Thursday after Morgan Stanley sharply cut its target price in an about-tur...

SK Enmove gets gold rating of EcoVadis ESG evaluation

South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co., Korea’s top oil refiner SK Innovation Co.'s subsidiary, said on Thursday it received a Gold ...

SK E&S mulls sale of real estate to boost clean energy biz

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is considering selling its real estate asset in Seoul, which is expec...

Mobility firms, banks replace battery, K-culture stocks in KEDI 30 Index

Mobility, financial services and biotech companies have elbowed out battery and entertainment stocks in the KEDI Innovator ESG 30 Index in an annual...

Korea's SK Energy to start commercial operations of SAF production line

SK Energy Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, is set to start commercial operations of a production line for sustainable aviation fuel (SA...

SK Hynix unveils powerful data-center SSD to maintain AI memory lead

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. on Wednesday unveiled a new solid-state drive (SSD) for data centers to expand its memory leadership in the AI ...

Hanwha Aerospace, SK Enmove develop fireproof ESS

South Korean companies have joined forces to develop the world’s first fireproof energy storage system (ESS) powered by liquid immersion cooli...

Samsung SDI relinquishes polarizer film unit for $834 mn

Samsung SDI Co., the South Korean battery maker with the world’s sixth-largest market share, has decided to sell its polarizer film business t...

SPC, SK Telecom to collaborate on AI business

South Korea's SPC Group and SK Telecom Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate in various areas such as membership and busines...

SK E&S creates value chain from FPSO, gas field project to carbon capture

SINGAPORE – At Seatrium Admiralty Yard on Jurong Island, southwest of Singapore, some 2,000 workers are busy welding gas pipes and doing other...

SK Ecoplant sells off stake in Ascend Elements for $98 million

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company under SK Group, has unloaded all its holdings in US-based lith...

Tokyo Electron: Chip machinery giant with ‘tireless animal spirit’

TOKYO – In the 1980s, Japanese chipmakers dominated the world’s semiconductor industry.Companies like NEC, Toshiba, Fujitsu and Mitsubis...

SK Earthon wins 2nd oil field exploration bid in Malaysia

SK Earthon Co., the energy resources exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korean energy giant SK Innovation Co., is accelerating its g...

Samsung Electronics, TSMC tie up for HBM4 AI chip development

TAIPEI – South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is partnering with its foundry rival Taiwan ...

Lotte Energy completes pilot plant for solid-state battery electrolyte

Lotte Energy Materials Corp., one of South Korea’s leading battery materials makers, has completed a pilot plant for the production of sulfide...

SK Telecom partners with Perplexity to level up conversational search

South Korea's largest telecom company SK Telecom Co. will enhance its conversational search services through a partnership with US AI search startup...

Samsung, SK Hynix up the ante on HBM to enjoy AI memory boom

TAIPEI – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are racing to supply their advanced DRAM ...