SK financial story
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Chemical Industry
SK Chemicals, Estée Lauder to co-work for eco-friendly packaging
South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. announced on Tuesday a partnership with Estée Lauder, the leading global cosmetics brand, to integrate circula...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Korea delays ESG reporting rules for firms to 2026 or later
South Korea will postpone implementation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure rules for the country’s listed firms from 20...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea’s LG telecom unit to launch logistics platform service
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, is poised to launch a platform service that will digitally transform the local logistics s...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
SK Telecom introduces paid currency to metaverse ifland
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has introduced an economic system to its metaverse service "ifland." With this, users can now purchase items with the c...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
HSBC, BNP Paribas to be fined for naked short sales in S.Korea
South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will fine the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and Bank BNP Paribas the large...
Oct 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
S.Korea's SKC to sell polyurethane raw material unit for $304 mn
South Korean chemical material company SKC Ltd. is selling its unit for raw materials of polyurethane (PU), a chemical substance.The company’s...
Oct 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae Asset puts HI Investment headquarters on the market
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is seeking to sell off HI Investment & Securities Co. headquarters, the value of which is...
Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Chemicals signs VPPA contract with SK E&S
South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. announced on Thursday a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with SK E&S to shift 10% of the electricity used ...
Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hyundai Capital to acquire Indonesian financial firm
South Korea's Hyundai Capital announced on Wednesday it will acquire the Indonesian finance firm PT Paramitra Multifinance to enter the local market...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom rolls out super-fast 400 Gbps 5G wired network
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday announced a national first through its 400 gigabit per second (Gbps) high-capacity wired network used ...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix pins high hopes on specialty DRAM for AI use: CEO
In the semiconductor industry, it’s been quite a while since memory chips became a commodity, meaning so low an entry barrier that any chipmak...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung, SK granted indefinite US waiver on chip gear supplies to China
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, have been granted an indefinite waiver on semiconductor ...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Plasma gets investment from Indonesian fund
South Korea’s SK Plasma on Tuesday said it signed a term sheet, or a nonbinding agreement on the basic terms and conditions of an investment, ...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Proxy adviser ISS backs drug giant Celltrion's merger plan
South Korean drug giant Celltrion Group has received a positive recommendation from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a global leading proxy...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Networks completes acquisition of en-core
South Korean trading firm SK Networks Co. announced on Friday that it has completed the acquisition process of en-core, a leading data solutions and...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK C&C invests in US startup Glassdome
South Korea's SK C&C announced on Thursday that it has made a new investment in Glassdome, a US carbon emission management solution startup.&nbs...
Oct 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
SK Telecom launches ICT infrastructure device
SK Telecom Co. on Wednesday said it launched Cloud Appliance, a cloud infrastructure device based on an ARM chipset.The company applied its virtuali...
Oct 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte Chilsung secures majority stake in Pepsi Philippines
Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., a household name in South Korea’s soft drink market, said on Wednesday it has secured management rights of Pepsi-...
Oct 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom enters Japan's pet care market
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. has entered the Japanese pet market using its innovative artificial intelligence (AI) under a tie-up with Japan&r...
Oct 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On named to Fortune’s Change the World list
South Korea’s electric vehicle (EV) battery maker SK On is among innovative companies that have changed the world according to Fortune, a le...
Oct 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Fed-triggered taper tantrum takes toll on Korean financial markets
The South Korean financial markets were roiled by a fresh taper tantrum after the US Federal Reserve chair signaled further tightening last week, tr...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Tel launches world’s 1st Korean large language model
SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday announced the official launch of the world’s first Korean large language model (LLM) “A.”, or A Dot, whi...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Ecoplant, Ascend Elements in $66 mn US battery recycling JV deal
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm, and its two overseas affiliates are launching a $65.8 million ba...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK E&S, Honeywell UOP to capture carbon from LNG plants
SK E&S Co., a clean energy unit of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, and Honeywell UOP, a US major refining and petrochemical tec...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea’s SK Earthon starts oil production in South China
SK Earthon Co., the resources development subsidiary of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., began crude production at an oil f...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
SK Telecom to commercialize UAM with American partner
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will launch domestic commercial operations in urban air mobility (UAM) with Joby Aviation, a Santa Cruz, California-b...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
SK Ecoplant to supply AI-based incinerator tech to Malaysia
South Korea's energy, construction and engineering corporation SK Ecoplant on Friday said it signed a contract with Cenviro, Malaysia's largest publ...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Ex-CEOs return to firms in Korea for operational stability
Former chief executives of South Korean firms are being recruited by their previous employers as the companies need the seasoned experience of these...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
Korean financial markets tumble as Fed signals higher rates
South Korean stocks, bonds and its currency tumbled on Thursday as the US Federal Reserve gave indications of another interest rate hike this year a...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Chemicals to sell pharmaceutical unit to Glenwood PE
SK Chemicals Co., a South Korean plastic materials producer, is in exclusive talks with Seoul-based Glenwood Private Equity to sell its pharmaceutic...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)