Top Korean food delivery app posts record profits

Top Korean food delivery app posts record profits

Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app, posted a record profit in 2022, which also marked its first profit ...

SK Innovation may give shareholders SK On shares at IPO

SK Innovation may give shareholders SK On shares at IPO

SK Innovation Co. is set to consider providing stocks of its electric vehicle battery subsidiary to its shareholders when SK On Co., the world&rsquo...

S.Korea to cut COVID-19 quarantine from seven days to five in May

S.Korea to cut COVID-19 quarantine from seven days to five in May

South Korea’s mandatory quarantine for confirmed COVID-19 patients from May will be cut from seven days to five, as the country is expected to...

SK Hynix unsure about applying for US chip subsidies: CEO

SK Hynix unsure about applying for US chip subsidies: CEO

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Wednesday it is unsure about applying for US...

SK Ecoplant partners with Aents for carbon emission management solution

SK Ecoplant partners with Aents for carbon emission management solution

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. on Wednesday said that it has entered a business agreement with Aents Inc., a company specializing in carbon accountin...

Korea's Mirae Asset, SK Telecom tie up for security token ecosystem

Korea's Mirae Asset, SK Telecom tie up for security token ecosystem

Mirae Asset Securities Co. and SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top brokerage house and mobile carrier, are set to join hands to establish an eco...

Samsung, SK Hynix asked to swallow tough pill over US CHIPS Act

Samsung, SK Hynix asked to swallow tough pill over US CHIPS Act

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korean chipmakers on Tuesday expressed deep concerns about the detailed guidelines of the US CHIPS and Science ...

S.Korea's E-Mart24 provides VAT refund service for foreign visitors

S.Korea's E-Mart24 provides VAT refund service for foreign visitors

E-Mart24 Inc., the convenience store chain unit of Shinsegae Inc. Group, announced on Tuesday that it will resume the value-added tax (VAT) refund s...

Samsung, SK seek dialogue with China at Boao Forum

Samsung, SK seek dialogue with China at Boao Forum

BEIJING – The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is expected to serve as a venue for the world’s two largest memory chipmakers -- Samsung Electro...

Korea's CJ Bioscience buys drug candidates from 4D pharma of the UK

Korea's CJ Bioscience buys drug candidates from 4D pharma of the UK

South Korea’s pharmaceutical and healthcare company CJ Bioscience Inc. has acquired drug candidates from the UK's 4D pharma plc. to improve co...

S.Korea's SK Chemicals launches recycled fiber fabrics

S.Korea's SK Chemicals launches recycled fiber fabrics

South Korea's SK Chemicals has launched recycled fiber fabrics developed jointly with Art Impact and Project 1907, eco-friendly social enterprises, ...

SK Energy wins first place in K-BPI gas station sector in Korea

SK Energy wins first place in K-BPI gas station sector in Korea

SK Energy, an energy and petrochemical unit of South Korea's SK Group, has won first place for 17 consecutive years in the gas station sector of the...

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to jointly build precursor factory

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to jointly build precursor factory

South Korea’s electric vehicle (EV) battery major SK On Co. will build a precursor plant at home with a Korean partner, EcoPro Co., and China'...

SK Telecom establishes 5G open RAN indoor demonstration network

SK Telecom establishes 5G open RAN indoor demonstration network

South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. has established a 5G open RAN indoor demonstration network at its Bundang headquarters, according to an an...

SK Innovation invests an extra $50 million in US clean energy firm Amogy

SK Innovation invests an extra $50 million in US clean energy firm Amogy

South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. has newly invested $50 million in Amogy Inc., a US ammonia-based power system developer, to expand its green b...

SK Ecoplant Americas completes fuel cell project at US hospitals

SK Ecoplant Americas completes fuel cell project at US hospitals

SK Ecoplant Americas has completed a project to supply and install solid oxide fuel cells at US hospitals in collaboration with Bloom Energy. The pr...

Samsung, SK Hynix look to China exit plans as growth stunted

Samsung, SK Hynix look to China exit plans as growth stunted

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are in quandary over their growth strategies in China fo...

Yanolja Cloud to develop real estate platform with SK Discovery

Yanolja Cloud to develop real estate platform with SK Discovery

South Korea's Yanolja Cloud, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, announced on Tuesday its partnership with SK Discovery Co. to build a proptech ...

SK Pharmteco again seeks $382 mn in pre-IPO funding

SK Pharmteco again seeks $382 mn in pre-IPO funding

SK Pharmteco Co., a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is eyeing pre-initial public offering funding again after it dropped...

SK C&C, Naver Cloud team up to boost AI services for Korean companies

SK C&C, Naver Cloud team up to boost AI services for Korean companies

SK C&C, a leading information technology service provider in South Korea, has announced a partnership with Naver Cloud to develop ultra-large ar...

GC Biopharma wins $44 mn flu vaccine order from WHO agency

GC Biopharma wins $44 mn flu vaccine order from WHO agency

South Korea's pharmaceutical firm GC Biopharma Corp. said on Monday that it has won a $44.3 million (57.9 billion won) order for flu vaccines in a d...

SK Oceanplant, Corio team up for offshore wind power

SK Oceanplant, Corio team up for offshore wind power

SK Oceanplant, a South Korean offshore wind power subsidiary of SK Ecoplant Co., and Corio Generation, a global offshore wind power developer owned ...

Korea EV cell makers unveil new products to expand market

Korea EV cell makers unveil new products to expand market

South Korea’s electric vehicle battery makers on Wednesday unveiled prototypes of new products, especially lithium iron phosphate (LFP) models...

EQT sees huge potential in security services for S.Korean SMEs

EQT sees huge potential in security services for S.Korean SMEs

The digital security market is rapidly growing in South Korea, one of the world’s fastest-aging countries and amid its soaring labor costs.&nb...

S.Korea's SK Ecoengineering launches cogeneration platform

S.Korea's SK Ecoengineering launches cogeneration platform

SK Ecoengineering Co., a South Korean engineering company specializing in environmental and energy projects, said on Thursday that it has launched a...

SK Telecom introduces voice authentication tech to AI contact center

SK Telecom introduces voice authentication tech to AI contact center

SK Telecom Co. announced on Thursday its partnership with American voice technology company, Pindrop, to introduce an artificial intelligence voice ...

SK sells US car-sharing firm Turo stake to earn over $32 mn

SK sells US car-sharing firm Turo stake to earn over $32 mn

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group exited from Turo, the US top peer-to-peer car-sharing company, to make an estimated return ...

SK C&C to build advanced info systems for Nongshim's overseas corporations

SK C&C to build advanced info systems for Nongshim's overseas corporations

South Korea's SK C&C, an IT services unit of SK Group, on Tuesday said it has started building next-generation information and communications ...

Hahn & Co. puts SK Shipping’s tanker business up for sale

Hahn & Co. puts SK Shipping’s tanker business up for sale

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is seeking to sell SK Shipping Co.’s tanker division, a business widely seen as the breadwinne...

SK Chemicals, Yonwoo to develop eco-friendly cosmetic containers

SK Chemicals, Yonwoo to develop eco-friendly cosmetic containers

South Korean chemical company SK Chemicals and Yonwoo Co., a subsidiary of Kolmar Korea, which is a leading domestic cosmetic container manufacturer...

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