SK Broadband develops green, efficient network technology

SK Broadband develops green, efficient network technology

South Korea's internet service provider SK Broadband Co. has developed optical communications technology that simultaneously provides differing degr...

Ford CEO heads to Korea to discuss EV tax credit with LG Energy, SK On

Ford CEO heads to Korea to discuss EV tax credit with LG Energy, SK On

Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Jim Parley will visit South Korea early next week to meet with chief executives of its battery suppliers LG Energy So...

SK Tel CEO says low valuation tops list of his concerns

SK Tel CEO says low valuation tops list of his concerns

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. is undervalued relative to its robust earnings and steady dividend payouts and needs to boost new AI-driven growt...

SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island

SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island

Come 2025, visitors to South Korea’s resort island of Jeju will be able to hail air taxis while there – thanks to special air routes ded...

SK allots 40% of local spending to non-capital areas

SK allots 40% of local spending to non-capital areas

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate after Samsung, will funnel 67 trillion won ($48 billion), or about 40% of its 2022-2026 do...

SK Bioscience seeks WHO nod for prompt COVID vaccine sale

SK Bioscience seeks WHO nod for prompt COVID vaccine sale

SK Bioscience Co., the biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, sought approval from the World Health Organization...

SK REIT to raise $550 million in debt for Jongno Tower deal

SK REIT to raise $550 million in debt for Jongno Tower deal

South Korea’s SK REIT Co. has been diversifying funding sources into short-term debt to finance its recent purchases of landmark office buildi...

SK Hynix bets on 2025 memory upturn with $11 billion new plant

SK Hynix bets on 2025 memory upturn with $11 billion new plant

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, will spend 15 trillion won ($11 billion) over the next five years to build a new m...

SK Ecoplant joins 2.6GW offshore wind power project in Korea

SK Ecoplant joins 2.6GW offshore wind power project in Korea

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. signed an agreement on Monday to jointly develop a combined 2.6 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind power project in Kor...

SK Telecom revs up digital economy on its metaverse platform

SK Telecom revs up digital economy on its metaverse platform

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is accelerating a digital economic system on its metaverse platform ifland, the telecom giant ...

SK Ecoplant bets on US battery recycling firm Ascend Elements

SK Ecoplant bets on US battery recycling firm Ascend Elements

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co., formerly SK Engineering & Construction Co., signed a stock purchase agreement (SPA) on Aug. 31 to invest $5...

SK Innovation unveils plans for Scope 3 carbon emission reduction

SK Innovation unveils plans for Scope 3 carbon emission reduction

SK Innovation Co. published its 2022 Net Zero Special Report on the company website on Wednesday, detailing its plan of action for Scope 3 carbon em...

Micron’s entry into DDR5 market: A boon for Samsung, SK Hynix

Micron’s entry into DDR5 market: A boon for Samsung, SK Hynix

The emergence of a rival is usually a cause of distress for existing players.Micron Technology Inc.’s entry into the DDR5 DRAM arena, however,...

Samsung SDI to hasten US battery plant groundbreaking

Samsung SDI to hasten US battery plant groundbreaking

Samsung SDI Co., the world's sixth-largest battery maker, is set to push forward the start of its plant construction in the US by two months in resp...

SK Group reworks 'financial story' action plans

SK Group reworks 'financial story' action plans

Chief executives of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group are overhauling their action plans to implement the “financial story&rdquo...

Com2uS announces plans to build real-life-like metaverse platform

Com2uS announces plans to build real-life-like metaverse platform

South Korea’s Com2uS Studios, the creator of the popular game Summoners War, said on Thursday it will unveil a real-life-like metaverse platfo...

SK, SABIC to invest $150 mn to boost Korean capacity

SK, SABIC to invest $150 mn to boost Korean capacity

SK Geo Centric Co. and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) have agreed to co-invest 200 billion won ($150 million) to increase their production of ...

SK Ecoplant to supply fuel cells to China’s top data center operator GDS

SK Ecoplant to supply fuel cells to China’s top data center operator GDS

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. has forged a partnership with China’s top data center developer and operator GDS to jointly enter the Sout...

SK taps Korean PE for $1.5 bn after Carlyle's Lee quit

SK taps Korean PE for $1.5 bn after Carlyle's Lee quit

SK On Co. has turned to domestic private equity firms to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) after talks with four big global funds have dried...

SK, SK Energy acquire US energy solution provider Atom Power

SK, SK Energy acquire US energy solution provider Atom Power

SK Inc. and SK Energy announced they have jointly acquired North Carolina-based energy solution enterprise Atom Power Inc. for $150 million.The thre...

SK Group invests $250 mn in Bill Gates’ nuclear reactor firm TerraPower

SK Group invests $250 mn in Bill Gates’ nuclear reactor firm TerraPower

South Korea’s SK Group said on Monday it invested $250 million in TerraPower, a US venture founded by billionaire Bill Gates. The holdi...

SK seeks to build EV charger plant in US on subsidies

SK seeks to build EV charger plant in US on subsidies

SK Group, South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate, is seeking to build an electric vehicle charger plant in the US in a move to accelerate the expans...

SK Geo Centric to build high value-added material plant in China

SK Geo Centric to build high value-added material plant in China

South Korea’s major petrochemical company SK Geo Centric Co. is set to build an ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) plant in China with a local partne...

SK subsidary to supply EV battery materials to Vietnam's Vingroup

SK subsidary to supply EV battery materials to Vietnam's Vingroup

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET) secured battery separator orders from Vietnam’s No. 1 conglomerate Vingroup, in the latter's push to expand into ...

SK Discovery to control affiliates’ entire biotechnology business

SK Discovery to control affiliates’ entire biotechnology business

SK Discovery Co., an intermediate holding company of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group, will take charge of the entire biotech...

SK Telecom launches NFT marketplace open beta service

SK Telecom launches NFT marketplace open beta service

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. launched an open beta service of its non-fungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace TopPort as the com...

SK Hynix unveils world's first 238-layer NAND; Samsung SSD 20 times faster

SK Hynix unveils world's first 238-layer NAND; Samsung SSD 20 times faster

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are set to overtake their rivals in the industry’s...

SK Nexilis to unveil ultra-high strength EV battery copper foil

SK Nexilis to unveil ultra-high strength EV battery copper foil

SK Nexilis Co., a unit of South Korean chemical materials maker SKC Ltd., has developed technology to mass produce ultra-high strength copper foil, ...

S.Korea edges closer to joining US-led chip alliance

S.Korea edges closer to joining US-led chip alliance

August could mark a turning point for South Korea’s semiconductor industry.The country has been keeping tight-lipped on whether or not to join...

SK Hynix develops highest density DRAM-based memory system

SK Hynix develops highest density DRAM-based memory system

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. said on Monday that it has developed its first double data rate 5 (DDR5) DRAM-based compute express link (CXL) mem...

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