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...

LG Energy shrugs off slowing economy as demand grows

LG Energy shrugs off slowing economy as demand grows

South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. on Wednesday unveiled its ambitious goals for revenue and operating margins as electri...

Daesang Life, China’s Sinopharm to launch health foods joint venture

Daesang Life, China’s Sinopharm to launch health foods joint venture

Daesang Life Science Corp., a South Korean health foods maker, has signed an initial agreement with China’s Sinopharm International to launch ...

SK to build first chip packaging plant in US with $22 bn investment

SK to build first chip packaging plant in US with $22 bn investment

WASHINGTON DC – SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, said on Wednesday it will build its first memory chip packaging fac...

LG Energy, China’s Huayou Cobalt to build battery recycling joint venture

LG Energy, China’s Huayou Cobalt to build battery recycling joint venture

South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and China’s mining company Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. have agreed to launch a ba...

SK Geo Centric, Veolia join forces to lead Asia’s plastic recycling business

SK Geo Centric, Veolia join forces to lead Asia’s plastic recycling business

SK Geo Centric, an SK Innovation Co. subsidiary focused on the eco-friendly chemical business, joined hands with Paris-based Veolia Environnement S....

SK Chem to build plastic recycling plants in China

SK Chem to build plastic recycling plants in China

SK Chemicals Co. plans to build plastic recycling plants in China in partnership with a Chinese eco-friendly materials supplier as its parent SK Gro...

LG Energy to double Ford battery pack production line in Poland

LG Energy to double Ford battery pack production line in Poland

LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK Innovation Co., and other South Korean companies are poised to strengthen their business ties with Michigan-based Ford M...

Ildong mulls seeking COVID-19 pill approval from Korea first

Ildong mulls seeking COVID-19 pill approval from Korea first

Ildong Pharmaceutical Co., a South Korean drugmaker, considers seeking approval for a COVID-19 anti-viral pill from the country as Japan postponed g...

SK, Naver to launch cloud services for Korean public institutions

SK, Naver to launch cloud services for Korean public institutions

South Korea’s leading cloud computing and software services providers are slated to join forces to launch a service for smart working in Korea...

SK Square makes its first exit seeking new target firms

SK Square makes its first exit seeking new target firms

South Korean investment firm SK Square Co. has sold all of its shares in Korean biotech NanoEntek Inc., a 28.4% stake, for 58 billion won ($44.3 mil...

SK Hynix puts $3.3 billion factory plan on hold amid global uncertainty

SK Hynix puts $3.3 billion factory plan on hold amid global uncertainty

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has decided to hold off on a 4.3 trillion won ($3.3 billion) plan to build a new N...

Science content provider Geekble raises $3.8 mn in bridge investment

Science content provider Geekble raises $3.8 mn in bridge investment

Geekble, operator of the YouTube science channel of the same name, has raised 5 billion won ($3.8 million) in bridge investment, the company said on...

SK E&S to invest $25 mn in turquoise hydrogen firm Monolith

SK E&S to invest $25 mn in turquoise hydrogen firm Monolith

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Monday it is set to invest $25 million in US turquoise hydrog...

SK Telecom to take lead in UAM biz with telco know-how

SK Telecom to take lead in UAM biz with telco know-how

BUSAN -- South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. aims to dominate the urban air mobility market based on its expertise and know-how in...

SK Biopharmaceuticals signs epilepsy drug deal with Brazil’s Eurofarma

SK Biopharmaceuticals signs epilepsy drug deal with Brazil’s Eurofarma

South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. has signed a deal to license out its technology for Cenobamate, an antiepileptic drug, to Brazil&rsquo...

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...

Cosmax to conduct joint research with Universitas Indonesia

Cosmax to conduct joint research with Universitas Indonesia

Cosmax Inc. announced Tuesday it recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Universitas Indonesia’s Department of Pharmacy to co...

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...

Meta, Seoul National University jointly set up XR research center

Meta, Seoul National University jointly set up XR research center

Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook, and Seoul National University (SNU) jointly launched an extended reality (XR) research center in So...

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...

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