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2024.11.01

06:27

SK Innovation completes merger with SK E&S

Asia Tech Wire (Nov 1) -- South Korea's SK Group announced that it has completed the merger of SK Innovation and SK E&S, officially launching a merged corporation on Friday.

2024.10.22

06:58

SK Group buys Vietnamese semiconductor firm ISCVina for $300 million

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 22) -- South Korea's SK Group has acquired Vietnamese semiconductor company ISCVina for $300 million, according to a government statement.

2024.07.17

09:34

SK Group's two energy arms decide to merge

Asia Tech Wire (July 17) -- SK Innovation and SK E&S, the two energy arms of SK Group, held separate board meetings on Wednesday and voted to merge the two companies.

2024.06.21

06:23

SK Group requests funding from KDB ahead of major restructuring

Asia Tech Wire (June 21) -- SK Group, which is in the process of restructuring its business, has requested funding from Korea Development Bank (KDB), according to the Korea Economic Daily.

2024.05.31

06:32

SK Group boss ordered to pay $1 billion in divorce settlement case

Asia Tech Wire (May 31) -- A South Korean court has ordered SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won to pay $1 billion in his divorce settlement case.

2024.05.23

09:41

SK chairman backs IPO of Japanese memory chip maker Kioxia

Asia Tech Wire (May 23) -- SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said he supports the IPO of Japanese memory chip maker Kioxia Holdings Corp, according to Bloomberg.

2024.01.23

05:54

SK overtakes LG to be S. Korea's second-biggest conglomerate by market cap

Asia Tech Wire (Jan 23) -- SK Group has overtaken LG Group to become the second-biggest conglomerate in South Korea in terms of market capitalisation thanks to the strong performance of its chip unit.

2022.02.07

09:31

SK's battery unit to invite $3.3 billion pre-IPO funding this week

Asian Tech Press (Feb 7) -- SK's battery-producing unit SK On is reportedly about to do a pre-IPO fundraising this week estimated at 3 to 4 trillion won ($3.3 billion).

2022.01.10

07:53

SK Group establishes investment fund to focus on metaverse

Asian Tech Press (Jan 10) -- SK Group's three information and communications technology (ICT) subsidiaries - SK Square, SK Telecom and SK Hynix - have set up an advisory body to strengthen their global operations. The three companies plan to set up a trillion won (about $835 million) investment fund to invest in semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), metaverse and blockchain.

2021.09.09

08:45

Toyota to acquire SK's car leasing business in China

2021.08.09

03:52

Apple Car team visits SK Group, LG Electronics, others in South Korea

Asian Tech Press -- The team of Apple Inc's Project Titan, its electric vehicle project, recently visited a number of companies including SK Group and LG Electronics in South Korea, citing industry sources, the Taiwanese newspaper DigiTimes reported on Monday.

2021.08.06

09:51

Fintech unit of Malaysia's AirAsia raises up to $100 mln from SK Group

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Group will invest up to $100 million in the financial technology unit of AirAsia Group Bhd, the Malaysian budget carrier said in a statement on Friday.

2021.05.26

15:00

SK plans to acquire Japanese parts supplier

According to the Korea Times, South Korea's SK Group is considering acquiring a Japanese parts supplier.

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