SK Securities
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Micron overtakes SK Hynix in shrinking DRAM market
Micron Technology Inc., the world’s third-largest DRAM maker, raised its share in the shrinking DRAM market in the first quarter, with a milde...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samyang secures contract for supplying filler with Chinese company
South Korea's Samyang Holdings announced on Thursday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Hangzhou Yxintent, a Chinese medical device a...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKIET secures $300 mn green loan from IFC
SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a global top lithium-ion battery separator (LiBS) player under South Korea’s energy and battery maker SK Innovat...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On wins $909 mn from BlackRock, QIA, MBK consortium
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, has confirmed it will receive a 1.2 trillion won ($908.7 million) investment for a minorit...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 secures $75 mn contract for KSIS military ground segment
South Korean aerospace manufacturer and defense company LIG Nex1 Co. announced on Wednesday a $75 million (99.1 billion won) contract with the count...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI secures deal to export 18 FA-50 light fighters to Malaysia
South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., (KAI) has finalized a contract to supply Malaysia with eigh...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Funds from West to emerging Asia power S.Korean stocks
Foreigners reported a record purchase of South Korean shares despite a global economic slowdown, as money moved from the US and Europe into emerging...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix face collateral damage from Micron chip ban
South Korea’s two major chipmakers — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. — are feeling the heat as they are dragged further ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea's SK E&S plans $14 bn joint investment in hydrogen biz
South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is poised to spend 18.5 trillion won ($13.9 billion) with partners by 2025 to set up a hydrogen industry value ch...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK C&C to develop solution to prevent recycling fraud
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it is developing a system for t...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution secures lithium concentrate in N.America
South Korea's battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Friday that it has signed a lithium concentrate supply contract with Australian c...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem secures exclusive deal for Israeli desalination project
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. revealed on Thursday that it has been awarded the exclusive contract as the sole supplier of reverse osmosis (RO) membran...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Ecoplant to join Canada's $4.5 bn green hydrogen project
South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. on Wednesday signed an agreement to join the first-stage, $4.5 billion construction of green hydrogen and ammoni...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix seeks to raise $373 million as chip recovery looms large
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is seeking to raise as much as 500 billion won ($373 million) in bank loans to sec...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom develops quantum cryptography-based VPN
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Wednesday that has completed the development of quantum key distribution (QKD) technology-based virtual pr...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
NKMax submits US subsidiary's securities report to SEC
The listing in the US of NKGen Biotech, the American subsidiary of South Korean developer of natural killer (NK) cell therapy NKMax Co., is coming i...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK, Hana Financial groups to jointly develop credit rating model
South Korea’s SK Group and Hana Financial Group are jointly developing a next-generation credit rating model for the financially disadvantaged...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset Securities acquires European ETF market maker GHCO
Mirae Asset Securities UK, the UK corporation of South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities, announced on Monday that it has acquired GHCO, a market-makin...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea starts building Shin Hanul, reviving aim to be nuclear powerhouse
South Korea has begun construction of the main parts of the Shin Hanul nuclear reactors No. 3 and No. 4, reviving its goal of becoming a global nucl...
May 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
SK Chemicals, Comex jointly develop eco-friendly food storage containers
South Korea's SK Chemicals announced on Monday the launch of "Eco Clear," an airtight container developed in collaboration with Comex Industrial Co....
May 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Yanolja acquires Israeli tourism tech company Go Global Travel
South Korea's tourism platform unicorn Yanolja has acquired Go Global Travel (GGT), an Israel-based company for global business-to-business (B2B) tr...
May 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Geo Centric to attend event hosted by French president
South Korea’s recycling specialist SK Geo Centric on Monday said its CEO Na Kyung-soo will attend the next day the Choose France summit at the...
May 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Chemicals to show eco-friendly cosmetic containers in China
South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. will participate in the China Beauty Expo 2023, hold in Shanghai, China, from May 12 for three days. This event is ...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to apply private advanced tech to military weapons in 5 years
South Korea has approved a fast-track system that slashes complex administrative procedures for application of private technology to the military&rs...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China
The US government is considering establishing new rules for South Korea’s chipmakers to import advanced equipment to China to upgrade their fa...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset Securities joins Singapore Exchange's trading membership
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities has made history as the first Korean financial investment firm to join the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) trading...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Telecom to further develop AI, its growth driver in Q1
SK Telecom Co. beat market expectations for its first-quarter earnings thanks to its robust non-telecom businesses and vowed to continue to bolster ...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to open cyber security dept. at Soongsil Univ.
In a first for the company, South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. will set up a cyber security department that offers employment at Soongsil University...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
SK Telecom launches Seoul, LA tours in metaverse
SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, said Monday it has created a virtual space of tourist attractions on its metaverse platform Ifland...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience to produce MSD’s new Ebola vaccine candidate
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that it has signed a contract with MSD, a global pharma...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)