SK On, Ford launch battery JV for N.America EV market

SK On, Ford launch battery JV for N.America EV market

South Korea’s battery maker SK On Co. and US automaker Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday officially launched a joint venture for the North American ...

SKC breaks ground on Europe’s largest copper foil plant in Poland

SKC breaks ground on Europe’s largest copper foil plant in Poland

SKC Ltd., the chemical materials unit of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, said on Friday it has begun construction of a 900 billion ...

SK Group set to buy landmark Seoul building for about $500 mn

SK Group set to buy landmark Seoul building for about $500 mn

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group will be buying a landmark office building in a central business district of Seoul for aroun...

Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets

Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets

South Korea’s major listed companies held record inventory assets as they piled up raw materials to deal with the global supply chain disrupti...

SK E&S to launch London office in view of growth opportunities in Europe

SK E&S to launch London office in view of growth opportunities in Europe

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is preparing to open a business office in London as it sees growth op...

SK Telecom gears up for global launch of metaverse platform

SK Telecom gears up for global launch of metaverse platform

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. took steps to launch its metaverse platform in other countries as it aims to seek a future gro...

SK Bioscience wins marketing license for Korea's first COVID-19 vaccine

SK Bioscience wins marketing license for Korea's first COVID-19 vaccine

South Korea’s SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of SK Group, has won marketing authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine from the Minis...

SK Materials, Showa Denko to jointly seek US semiconductor gas business

SK Materials, Showa Denko to jointly seek US semiconductor gas business

SK Materials Co., an industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of South Korea’s SK Inc., and Japanese chemicals company Showa Denko K.K. have agr...

SK Telecom expands system for self-driving in Seoul

SK Telecom expands system for self-driving in Seoul

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has expanded the area covered by the traffic control system for self-driving in Seoul, takin...

SK Ecoplant to inject $100 mn in Korean solar energy firm Topsun

SK Ecoplant to inject $100 mn in Korean solar energy firm Topsun

South Korea's top waste management company SK Ecoplant Co., a unit of conglomerate SK Inc., is slated to complete talks to invest 130 billion won ($...

Petrochem firms to fuel plants with self-supplied power

Petrochem firms to fuel plants with self-supplied power

South Korea’s petrochemical companies will build power plants for the first time in their history to meet their rising energy needs on a stabl...

SK Telecom blocks voice phishing via AI, police database

SK Telecom blocks voice phishing via AI, police database

SK Telecom Co., a South Korean major mobile carrier, is strengthening its spam call filtering system to prevent voice phishing. The system blocked 3...

SK Gas to sell Istanbul tunnel stake to Qatari fund for $111 mn

SK Gas to sell Istanbul tunnel stake to Qatari fund for $111 mn

SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, is poised to sell its stake in an operator of the Eurasia Tunnel in...

POSCO, SK On forge strategic tie-up in rechargeable battery business

POSCO, SK On forge strategic tie-up in rechargeable battery business

POSCO Holdings Inc., the investment holding company of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, and SK On Co., the battery unit of SK Innovation Co.,...

SK to invest $30 mn in ammonia-based power solutions developer Amogy

SK to invest $30 mn in ammonia-based power solutions developer Amogy

SK Innovation Co. announced Tuesday it will inject $30 million into Brooklyn-based Amogy Inc. The intermediate holding company of SK Group and ...

SK Group’s 'financial story' running out of steam?

SK Group’s 'financial story' running out of steam?

South Korean private equity firms that plan to inject a total of 1.2 trillion won ($1 billion) into SK Ecoplant Co. are having a hard time raising t...

SK Innovation to focus on small reactors, batteries, waste recycling

SK Innovation to focus on small reactors, batteries, waste recycling

SK Innovation Co., the refinery and chemicals unit of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK, is accelerating a shift toward eco-friendl...

SK Hynix to supply industry’s best-performing DRAM to Nvidia

SK Hynix to supply industry’s best-performing DRAM to Nvidia

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is set to supply the industry’s best-performing DRAM to US graphic chipmaker...

SK Broadband applies quantum cryptography to Korea network

SK Broadband applies quantum cryptography to Korea network

SK Broadband Co., a South Korean internet service provider, succeeded in using quantum cryptography for the government’s backbone communicatio...

SK Gas, Lotte Chemical to launch JV for hydrogen power generation

SK Gas, Lotte Chemical to launch JV for hydrogen power generation

SK Gas Co., a South Korean major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) provider, and Korean chemicals firm Lotte Chemical Corp. are slated to set up a joint...

SKC to sell plastic film business to Hahn & Co. for $1.3 billion

SKC to sell plastic film business to Hahn & Co. for $1.3 billion

SKC Ltd., the chemical materials unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is selling its plastic film business to private equity firm Hahn & Co. fo...

SK set to buy stake in Bill Gates' TerraPower

SK set to buy stake in Bill Gates' TerraPower

SK Innovation Co., South Korea's leading petrochemical company, is planning to buy a stake in TerraPower, a US nuclear power venture founded by Bill...

SK transmits 5G, mobile edge computing-based TV signals

SK transmits 5G, mobile edge computing-based TV signals

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. has become the world’s first company to transmit television signals on the 5G and mobile edging computing (...

SK On to bolster US business with Ford's EV pickup truck sales

SK On to bolster US business with Ford's EV pickup truck sales

SK On Co., South Korea’s leading electric vehicle battery manufacturer, is expected to improve production capacity as its client Ford Motor Co...

SK takes aim at chips, batteries, bio with $195 billion investment

SK takes aim at chips, batteries, bio with $195 billion investment

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate after Samsung, on Thursday announced a plan to invest 247 trillion won ($195 billion) in k...

SK E&S, Australia’s Santos eye joint carbon capture, hydrogen projects

SK E&S, Australia’s Santos eye joint carbon capture, hydrogen projects

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Group, and Australia’s leading energy company Santos Ltd. are seeking ...

LG Energy, SK On to raise yields with smart factory solutions

LG Energy, SK On to raise yields with smart factory solutions

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK On Co., the world’s No. 2 and No. 5 electric vehicle battery makers, plan to adopt smart factory solutions to i...

SK becomes first group to disclose monetized social value

SK becomes first group to disclose monetized social value

SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, created 18.4 trillion won ($14.5 billion) in social value in 2021, up 60% from the year pr...

SK Ecoplant to invest $80 mn in Malaysia for SE Asia biz

SK Ecoplant to invest $80 mn in Malaysia for SE Asia biz

South Korea’s top waste management company SK Ecoplant Co. is set to expand its business in Southeast Asia with an $80 million investment in M...

SK invests in US digital healthcare firm Cala Health

SK invests in US digital healthcare firm Cala Health

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. has dipped its toes into the rapidly growing digital healthcare market by investing in Cala Health, a US-bas...

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