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Batteries
SK Ecoplant, BMW team up for battery recycling
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company under SK Group, partnered with German luxury carmaker BMW to...
Jan 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2025
SK Hynix to collaborate with Nvidia on Cosmos physical AI platform: Chey
LAS VEGAS – SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has agreed to collaborate with Nvidia Corp. on the top US AI chi...
Jan 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Energy, Korea’s first refiner to export sustainable aviation fuel to Europe
SK Energy Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, said on Sunday it has shipped its first batch of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Europe, ...
Jan 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Nexilis gets $133 mn subsidy from Poland
South Korea's SK Nexilis Co., the world’s largest copper foil maker, said on Monday it received a $133 million subsidy from the Polish gover...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. buys SK Enpulse’s chip wafer polishing pad business
Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. has agreed to buy the chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) pads manufacturing division of SK Enpulse C...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. to buy controlling stake in SK’s specialty gas unit for $1.9 bn
South Korea’s private equity firm Hahn & Co. is set to acquire a controlling stake in the world’s top specialty gas producer SK Spec...
Dec 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience, Sanofi to develop next-gen pneumococcal vaccines
South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. said on Friday it signed an expanded agreement with Sanofi to co-develop next-generation pneumococcal conjugate vacc...
Dec 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
SK Hynix to receives $958 mn subsidy from US
SK Hynix Inc. secured a combined subsidy of $458 million in grants and $500 million in loans, a total of $958 million from the US Department of Comm...
Dec 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix develops high-capacity SSD for AI data center
SK Hynix Inc. unveiled on Wednesday its high-capacity solid-state drive (SSD) product PS1012 U.2, designed for AI data centers with 61 terabyte (TB)...
Dec 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom invests $3 mn in AI-powered video analysis startup Twelve Labs
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said on Friday it will invest $3 million in Twelve Labs Inc., a Korean AI-powered video analys...
Dec 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Pharmteco bags obesity treatment deal worth up to $1.4 bn
SK Pharmteco Co., a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has secured an obesity treatment order worth up to 2 trillion won ($...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity to transform top Korean car rental firms into mobility service providers
Affinity Equity Partners aims to develop leading South Korean car rental companies into mobility service providers to create additional profitabilit...
Dec 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
SK promotes restructuring keymen to SK On, SK Discovery top posts
SK Group on Thursday promoted the keymen of its business overhauls to top posts at intermediary holding company SK Discovery Co. and battery maker S...
Dec 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharm submits NDA of epilepsy drug to China
South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. said on Tuesday it submitted the new drug application (NDA) for its flagship epilepsy drug Cenobamate to Chi...
Dec 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to produce HBM4 on 3 nm foundry process in 2025
SK Hynix Inc. will adopt the 3-nanometer process, the most advanced foundry technology available, to produce customized HBM4 chips in the second hal...
Dec 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Rebellions · Sapeon Korea merger, the first domestic AI chip unicorn
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, officially merged with Sapeon Korea to form the first domestic AI chi...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CJ ENM, SK Square invest $179 mn in Wavve ahead of merger with TVing
South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. and SK Group’s investment arm SK Square Co. have invested a combined 250 billion won ($179 mi...
Nov 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Triple-A rated SK Telecom, KT tap 10-year bond market
South Korean companies with top-notch credit ratings such as SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp. are returning to the long-term bond market amid growing int...
Nov 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
SK Square to buy back $72 mn shares amid Palliser's value-up push
SK Square Co., the investment arm of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, announced shareholder-friendly measures on Thursday, in respon...
Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix starts mass production of 321-High NAND
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, announced on Thursday the mass production of its 321-layer 1-terabit (Tb) triple...
Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics wins $668 million CDMO deal with European pharma
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, said on Wednesday it has signed two drug manufacturing contracts worth a combin...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Tesla asks Samsung, SK Hynix to supply HBM4 chip samples
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are said to each be developing a sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) chip prototype for Tesla In...
Nov 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK C&C unveils digital SHE consulting service
South Korea's SK C&C said on Thursday that it launched its Digital SHE Consulting Service, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform tha...
Nov 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix affiliate Solidigm unveils industry’s highest-capacity 122TB eSSD
Solidigm, the NAND flash-making subsidiary of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc., said on Wednesday it has launched a 122-terabyte (TB) enterprise...
Nov 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea’s SK Siltron receives $544 mn loan from DOE for wafer investment
South Korea’s SK Siltron Co. has secured a $544 million loan from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to invest in a high-quality silicon carbid...
Nov 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
SK to nurture 10,000 AI talent, introduce Board 2.0 to enhance governance
SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, said on Monday it plans to nurture 10,000 artificial intelligence professionals over the ...
Nov 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
S.Korean investors' US stock holdings surpass $100 bn
The US stock holdings of South Korean individual investors surpassed $100 billion for the first time, driven by a sustained rally in the US markets ...
Nov 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
SK Ecoplant selects four companies at ConTech Meet-Up
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. said on Friday it held the "2024 ConTech Meet-Up Day" award ceremony at the Grand Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul. ConTech M...
Nov 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom unveils AI personal agent Aster for global users
SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday unveiled an AI-driven personal assistant Aster (A*) that understands users' intentions and goes beyond answering simple qu...
Nov 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Nvidia asks SK Hynix to bring forward HBM4 supply by 6 months
Nvidia Corp.’s Chief Executive Jensen Huang has asked SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won to supply 12-layer HBM4 chips, the most advanced AI chips...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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