Sk Innovation
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Carbon neutrality
SK Group to step up renewable energy push in Vietnam
SK Group will strengthen its partnership with the Vietnamese government to boost eco-friendly business in areas ranging from carbon capture to waste...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK Networks invests $20.7 mn in pet care startup
South Korean trading firm SK Networks Co. announced on Monday it has completed a 28-billion-won ($20.7 million) investment in the domestic pet care ...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
SK Square in talks with Qoo10 for joint management of 11Street
SK Square Co., the investment management arm of SK Group, is in talks with Qoo10 Pte. to merge its e-commerce subsidiary 11Street with the Singapore...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric to supply recycled plastic materials to Amcor
SK Geo Centric Co., a South Korean petrochemical company, announced on Thursday it has entered into an agreement to supply recycled plastic material...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s Teachers’ Pension names SK Securities VP as CIO
South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension has named Jeon Bum-sik, a vice president at SK Securities Co. with three decades of investment experienc...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix logs Q3 losses; to ship LPDDR5T to Qualcomm
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s No. 2 memory chipmaker, on Thursday reported its fourth straight quarterly loss, but narrowed the shortfall thanks ...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
SK Enmove, Hanwha Aerospace to develop ESS for vessels
South Korea’s lubricating oil maker SK Enmove Co. and defense industry company Hanwha Aerospace Co. will jointly develop energy storage syst...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem opens North America Innovation Center in Georgia
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Wednesday it has opened its North America Innovation Center in Georgia, the US. The company also signed a me...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom launches call recording service for iPhone
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. has rolled out an iPhone app using artificial intelligence (AI) that allows users to record calls on their smartp...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Telecom, Mars Auto to advance self-driving large trucks
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday with the autonomous driving startup Mars Auto for cooperation in t...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Lotte, two SK Group units to join hands for carbon capture
Lotte Chemical Corp., SK Innovation Co. and SK IE Technology Co. (SK IET) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to make their joint push i...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom to design LLM
SK Telecom Co. on Sunday said it will develop a large language model (LLM) specifically for the communications sector with Deutsche Telekom of Germa...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung showcases HBM3E DRAM, automotive chips
SILICON VALLEY -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday showcased a number of new-concept, next-generation DRAM chips, including the industry’s mo...
Oct 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix showcases cutting-edge CXL, AiM memory at OCP Summit
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Friday it showcased its next-generation memo...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao Enterprise, Salesforce establish joint sales partnership
South Korea's Kakao Enterprise Corp. announced on Friday that it has formed a joint sales partnership with Salesforce Korea to support digital innov...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
SK Group needs agility to survive disruptions: chairman
South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate SK Group needs agile responses to rapidly changing business circumstances amid global geopolitical crises, C...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK C&C AI diagnostic service checks Doosan Enerbility’s plants
SK C&C, a systems integration affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it will provide diagnostic services based on generativ...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Chemicals develops recycled plastic LP records
South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. unveils recycled plastic LP records.The company announced on Thursday it has jointly developed the EcoRecord, an LP r...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix may block Kioxia-Western Digital merger
South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix Inc. is rumored to be frowning on the integration of Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp. with US-based Weste...
Oct 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom launches cloud cost management platform
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Wednesday announced the launch of Cloud Radar 2.0, its next-generation cloud management platform that leverages arti...
Oct 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK to invest in S.Korean company for bio jet fuel materials
SK Group, South Korea’s energy-to-semiconductor conglomerate, is set to invest in a local renewable energy ingredient provider for stable proc...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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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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Bio & Pharma
GI Innovation transfers allergy treatment tech to Japan
South Korea's GI Innovation Inc. announced on Monday it has transferred its allergy treatment "GI-301" to the Japanese pharmaceutical company Maruho...
Oct 16, 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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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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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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