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Automotive
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Hyundai, SK To Build New Battery Plant In Georgia

Hyundai Motor Group and SK On said Thursday they will build a new battery manufacturing plant in the U.S. state of Georgia to supply the Korean automaker’s U.S. assembly plants. Hyundai Motor Group and SK On, the lithium-ion battery subsidiary branch of SK…

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General
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South Korea’s SK Group to buy $1 bln stake in Vingroup

South Korean conglomerate SK Group plans to acquire a $1 billion stake in Vietnam’s largest private conglomerate Vingroup. SK plans to make the investment as early as next month, it said. Vingroup recently sought its shareholders’ vote on a plan to raise at…

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Telecom
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SK Telecom to launch data analyzer with Microsoft

Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom said Wednesday it will collaborate with U.S. software giant Microsoft for big data solutions to expand its presence in the global market. SK Telecom said it signed a development and global business cooperation agreement…

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Telecom
2 min read

Facebook strikes deal with SK to pay data fees

Facebook reportedly finally agreed to pay data traffic fees to SK Broadband after two years of negotiations. According to local media reports Sunday, the social media giant and internet provider agreed to a two-year network usage deal to set up a cache server…

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Telecom
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SK’s Chey says group is committed to U.S. society

The chairman of Korea’s SK Group was in Washington on last Wednesday, vowing to make a commitment not only to the U.S. market but also its people and society. Chey Tae-won, who heads Korea’s third-largest conglomerate by assets, formally opened the Washington…

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Automotive
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SK unit to supply batteries to VW

SK Innovation is supplying electric car batteries to Volkswagen Group along with existing suppliers LG Chem and Samsung SDI, the Korean battery maker said Wednesday. The Volkswagen Group brands plan to launch 50 new fully electric models by 2025, and the…

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General
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SK Korea keeps building Vietnam ties

SK Chairman Chey Tae-won met with Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi Thursday to discuss the conglomerate’s plans to invest more in both private and public companies and introduce measures to ease environmental problems there. They met for the…

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Telecom
2 min read

SKT partners with Bluebell on new business

SK Telecom is teaming up with Bluebell Korea, a local subsidiary of luxury goods retailer Bluebell Group, as the mobile carrier seeks to step up on-demand services as part of its business expansion. The mobile carrier said Wednesday it signed a memorandum of…