SK C&C to build Hana Securities STO system

SK C&C to build Hana Securities STO system

South Korea's SK C&C announced on Tuesday that it will supply its blockchain service platform ChainZ Security Token (ChainZ ST) to build the sys...

Car sales may sputter in 2024 amid EV policy risk: Research

Car sales may sputter in 2024 amid EV policy risk: Research

The global automobile market is on track to recover to pre-pandemic levels this year and is expected to grow at a moderate pace amid a prolonged eco...

SK Telecom to expand metaverse market in SE Asia

SK Telecom to expand metaverse market in SE Asia

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it partnered with three IT companies in Southeast Asia to accelerate its metaverse market st...

SK, Lotte cut copper foil output; to up Malaysia capacity

SK, Lotte cut copper foil output; to up Malaysia capacity

SK Nexilis Co. and Lotte Energy Materials Corp., South Korea’s two leading copper foil producers, have continued to reduce factory operation r...

SK Group to buy 537 GWh green power from SK E&S

SK Group to buy 537 GWh green power from SK E&S

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group is accelerating its net zero transition with its affiliates agreeing to buy 537 gigawatts h...

SK C&C to promote AI healthcare for brain diseases

SK C&C to promote AI healthcare for brain diseases

South Korea's SK C&C announced on Thursday that it signed a strategic business agreement with Neurophet, a cloud-based AI platform for brain ima...

Hyundai to build EV battery pack plant in India by 2025

Hyundai to build EV battery pack plant in India by 2025

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is set to invest 7 billion rupees ($84 million) to build an electric vehicle battery pack assemb...

SK Pharmteco launches new viral vector platforms, key for CGT

SK Pharmteco launches new viral vector platforms, key for CGT

SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has recently introduced two...

SK Bioscience to develop 2nd-generation Ebola vaccine

SK Bioscience to develop 2nd-generation Ebola vaccine

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with the international non-profit research organization H...

SK E&S partners with East Timor gov't on CCS project

SK E&S partners with East Timor gov't on CCS project

South Korea's SK E&S announced on Wednesday that it signed a mutual cooperation partnership (MCP) with the East Timor Ministry of Petroleum and ...

SK Earthon starts shipping crude oil from South China Sea

SK Earthon starts shipping crude oil from South China Sea

SK Earthon Co., the resources development unit of South Korean energy major SK Innovation Co., said Wednesday that it has started shipping crude oil...

Hyundai ushers in future of car manufacturing in Singapore

Hyundai ushers in future of car manufacturing in Singapore

SINGAPORE – Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday officially inaugurated its first mobility innovation center in Singapore powered by a slew of smart...

Semiconductors likely to lead Korea’s export growth for 2nd month

Semiconductors likely to lead Korea’s export growth for 2nd month

South Korea’s semiconductor exports accelerated their recovery in the first 20 days of November, data showed on Tuesday, adding to hopes that ...

Faker’s T1 wins League of Legends global championship

Faker’s T1 wins League of Legends global championship

South Korea’s video game team T1 led by local hero and professional player Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok won the 2023 League of Legends W...

SK Square pauses talks with Qoo10 over 11Street deal

SK Square pauses talks with Qoo10 over 11Street deal

SK Square Co., an investment arm of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has suspended negotiations with Singapore-headquartered e-comme...

Hyundai to be first automaker to sell cars on Amazon

Hyundai to be first automaker to sell cars on Amazon

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, will be the first carmaker to sell cars on Amazon in the US while providing drivers with the g...

SK Biopharm gears up to boost epilepsy drug sales in Europe

SK Biopharm gears up to boost epilepsy drug sales in Europe

SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. is gearing up to explore the European market for its flagship epilepsy drug Cenobamate, while looking for new mergers and ...

South Korea’s SK Earthon discovers crude oil offshore Vietnam

South Korea’s SK Earthon discovers crude oil offshore Vietnam

SK Earthon Co., the petroleum exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., said on Thursda...

SK On, BASF tie up for EV battery materials business

SK On, BASF tie up for EV battery materials business

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, and BASF SE, a major global cell materials producer, joined forces for th...

SK Geo breaks ground on $1.4 bn plastic recycling cluster

SK Geo breaks ground on $1.4 bn plastic recycling cluster

South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. on Wednesday broke ground on a waste plastic recycling complex to transform itself into a green petrochemical...

Samsung, SK pin hopes on HBM sales with Nvidia's new AI chip

Samsung, SK pin hopes on HBM sales with Nvidia's new AI chip

South Korean memory chipmakers like Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. have high hopes for fast growth in their high-bandwidth memory (HBM) s...

SK Ecoplant develops core battery recycling technologies

SK Ecoplant develops core battery recycling technologies

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. has developed four core battery-recycling technologies, including recovering nickel and cobalt from spent lithiu...

Korean battery makers’ broad restructuring hits US

Korean battery makers’ broad restructuring hits US

SK On Co., South Korea’s No. 3 battery maker, has decided to furlough employees at one of its US battery factories in the state of Georgia to ...

SK, Hyundai Motor's US JV, named Georgia's Deal of Year

SK, Hyundai Motor's US JV, named Georgia's Deal of Year

South Korea’s battery maker SK On and Hyundai Motor Group's joint battery project in Georgia, the US, was awarded the "Deal of the Year 2023 i...

SK Telecom verifies AI server liquid immersion cooling tech

SK Telecom verifies AI server liquid immersion cooling tech

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it has successfully verified the liquid immersion cooling technology, a next-generation Inter...

SK Hynix’s new LPDDR5T chip shipped to Vivo for X100 smartphones

SK Hynix’s new LPDDR5T chip shipped to Vivo for X100 smartphones

SK Hynix Inc. said on Monday it has commercialized the world’s fastest mobile DRAM by shipping its new advanced mobile chips, LPDDR5T, to Chin...

SK Energy to spin off tank terminal business as new logistics firm

SK Energy to spin off tank terminal business as new logistics firm

SK Energy Co., a unit of South Korean oil refiner and battery maker SK Innovation Co., is spinning off its crude oil storage and shipment business t...

Kia’s new Carnival RV rides on growing popularity of hybrid cars

Kia’s new Carnival RV rides on growing popularity of hybrid cars

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, is riding on the growing popularity of hybrid vehicles as pure electric vehicle uptakes slo...

SK-backed social impact startups see higher corporate values

SK-backed social impact startups see higher corporate values

South Korean social impact startups backed by the country’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group enjoyed higher corporate values with two of t...

SK Biopharma’s Cenobamate US patent extended by 2032

SK Biopharma’s Cenobamate US patent extended by 2032

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals announced on Friday an extension of its US patent for the epilepsy treatment Cenobamate, now set to expire on Oc...

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