SK On bidders weigh growing risks of battery makers

SK On bidders weigh growing risks of battery makers

Some of the four shortlisted bidders for South Korea's SK On Co. recently went back to the drawing board to assess the value of the world's No. 5 el...

SK Telecom’s bet on air mobility, metaverse in full display at World IT Show

SK Telecom’s bet on air mobility, metaverse in full display at World IT Show

SK Telecom Co. is poised to show off its latest services at this year’s World IT Show slated for three days from April 20. At the large...

SK Ecoplant's pre-IPO enjoys attention from wealthy individuals

SK Ecoplant's pre-IPO enjoys attention from wealthy individuals

The pre-initial public offering of SK Ecoplant Co., formerly known as SK Engineering & Construction Co., is becoming a hot topic in private bank...

SK's biotech bets step closer to commercialization

SK's biotech bets step closer to commercialization

Biotechnology startups in Europe, backed by South Korea's SK Inc., are speeding up their development of next-generation drug candidates by joining h...

SK Networks on hunt for one billion-dollar M&A target

SK Networks on hunt for one billion-dollar M&A target

South Korea's SK Networks Co. is looking for an acquisition worth over 1 trillion won ($816 million) to accelerate its shift away from trading and r...

SK Telecom steps up metaverse push with Morph Interactive purchase

SK Telecom steps up metaverse push with Morph Interactive purchase

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has made an equity investment in Morph Interactive Co., a local three-dimensional graphics c...

US hedge fund urges SK to focus on share buybacks

US hedge fund urges SK to focus on share buybacks

US hedge fund Dalton Investments LLC has urged SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, to focus more on share buybacks and can...

SK Hynix, Solidigm unveil SSD for data centers

SK Hynix, Solidigm unveil SSD for data centers

South Korea's SK Hynix Inc., the world’s top-tier semiconductor manufacturer, unveiled its new solid-state drive (SSD) for data centers on A...

SK On to raise $822.5 mn from Korean PEF consortium

SK On to raise $822.5 mn from Korean PEF consortium

South Korea’s SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is set to raise up to 1 trillion won ($822.5 million)...

Two SK Group arms unveil lower-than-expected IPO guidance

Two SK Group arms unveil lower-than-expected IPO guidance

SK Shieldus Co. and One Store Co., two units of South Korea's SK Square Co., submitted their initial public offering applications on Thursday to rai...

SK Innovation to list battery unit 2025 at earliest

SK Innovation to list battery unit 2025 at earliest

South Korean SK Innovation Co. does not expect to list its battery subsidiary until at least 2025, the company’s chief executive said on Thurs...

SK Bioscience seeks multi-billion-dollar M&As, eyes gene therapy sector

SK Bioscience seeks multi-billion-dollar M&As, eyes gene therapy sector

SK Bioscience Co., the biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is seeking multi-billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions to expand it...

SK Lubricants invests $25 mn in US liquid immersion cooling firm

SK Lubricants invests $25 mn in US liquid immersion cooling firm

SK Lubricants Co., the world’s largest lube base oil supplier, invested $25 million in a US liquid immersion cooling solutions provider for da...

SK Hynix considers joint acquisition of UK chip designer Arm

SK Hynix considers joint acquisition of UK chip designer Arm

South Korea's SK Hynix Inc. is considering forming a consortium with other strategic investors to buy Arm Ltd., a British semiconductor design compa...

Dell, SK team up for 5G mobile edge computing market

Dell, SK team up for 5G mobile edge computing market

South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. (SKT) has joined hands with Dell Technologies Inc. to launch a 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) platfo...

SK Chemicals to invest $1.6 bn in green, biopharmaceutical sectors

SK Chemicals to invest $1.6 bn in green, biopharmaceutical sectors

South Korea’s SK Chemicals plans to invest more than 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in eco-friendly material and biopharmaceutical businesses.T...

SK E&S buys EverCharge to enter US EV charging market

SK E&S buys EverCharge to enter US EV charging market

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. acquired US electric vehicle charging solution provider EverCharge Inc. to start the business in the world’...

Samsung, LG, SK step up push into blockchain market

Samsung, LG, SK step up push into blockchain market

Top South Korean conglomerates such as Samsung, LG and SK are stepping up efforts to build a presence in the blockchain and crypto-asset markets, a ...

SK tipped to be Korea's 1st group to issue digital coins

SK tipped to be Korea's 1st group to issue digital coins

SK Square Co., the investment arm of SK Group, is working on issuing its own digital currency within the year, according to people with knowledge of...

SK Bioscience becomes first to win domestic COVID-19 vaccine contract 

SK Bioscience becomes first to win domestic COVID-19 vaccine contract 

SK Bioscience Co. said it reached a deal with Korea’s disease control agency to supply 10 million doses of the country’s first experimen...

LG Elec. targets North American digital healthcare market

LG Elec. targets North American digital healthcare market

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has made inroads into the North American digital healthcare market with US telehealth company Amwell as the ...

SK Ecoplant eyes H2 2023 Kospi listing

SK Ecoplant eyes H2 2023 Kospi listing

SK Ecoplant Co., South Korea's largest waste management company, said on Monday it has sent a request for proposal to major brokerage companies at h...

LG Elec. to sell automotive wireless smartphone charging division

LG Elec. to sell automotive wireless smartphone charging division

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. plans to drop its automotive wireless smartphone charging unit as the global home appliance giant exited fro...

SK Siltron to invest $300 mn in US capacity expansion

SK Siltron to invest $300 mn in US capacity expansion

Auburn, Michigan – South Korea’s silicon wafer maker SK Siltron Co. will invest $300 million to increase production capacity by ten time...

LG, SK, Samsung unveil next-generation battery roadmaps at InterBattery

LG, SK, Samsung unveil next-generation battery roadmaps at InterBattery

South Korea’s three major battery makers are showcasing their latest rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles while unveiling their roadma...

SK Siltron to ramp up silicon wafer output from 2024

SK Siltron to ramp up silicon wafer output from 2024

South Korean silicon wafer maker SK Siltron Co. on Wednesday announced a plan to spend 1 trillion won ($810 million) on its domestic capacity expans...

SK Geo Centric invests $55 mn in US plastic waste recycling firm

SK Geo Centric invests $55 mn in US plastic waste recycling firm

South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. invested $55 million in US plastic waste recycling company PureCycle Technologies Inc. in a move to transform...

SK On, Ford to set up battery JV in Turkey for Europe

SK On, Ford to set up battery JV in Turkey for Europe

South Korean battery maker SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co. will set up a joint venture to produce electric vehicle batteries in Turkey with a local com...

Goldman sees Samsung, SK Hynix shares up 50% over next 12 mths

Goldman sees Samsung, SK Hynix shares up 50% over next 12 mths

The share prices of the world’s two largest memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. each have room to rise by about 50% ov...

SK E&S to start business of carbon storage in depleted gas fields

SK E&S to start business of carbon storage in depleted gas fields

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is set to enter the business of carbon storage in depleted gas fields.The natural gas business unit of SK Group s...

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