SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won had held a meeting with C.C. Wei, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), in Taiwan and they discussed bolstering cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) chip technologies, SK Group said Friday. SK Group has SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of memory chips, [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said Tuesday that companies are facing challenges in navigating the transformative era led by artificial intelligence due to its unpredictable impact and speed. “We are on the starting line of the new era, and no one can predict the impact and speed of [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Expo is not just about creating a huge economic effect for the host country but also serving as a new platform to explore solutions to various common challenges faced by the world today, the chief of a major Korean business lobby has said. SK Group Chairman Chey [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief of energy-to-telecom conglomerate SK Group has met with the leaders of Serbia and Montenegro in Switzerland, and discussed ways to reinforce cooperation in such areas as global supply chains, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate said Friday. During the meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on the margins of [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won appeared at CES on Friday, reversing the earlier announcement that he was canceling his visit to the tech show after one of his aides tested positive for COVID-19. This is the first time Chey has visited the four-day exhibition in person. He is also [...]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won stressed Monday that South Korea and Japan should focus on the future of their relations despite disputes over shared history. “We know that there are some problems in the South Korea-Japan relations,” Chey, who leads the South Korean conglomerate, said at an annual seminar hosted [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has said it is too early to define the impacts on South Korean businesses of U.S. policies favoring domestically produced semiconductors and electric vehicles and any plans should be drawn up based on careful assessments. Chey’s remarks came as the administration of U.S. President [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won posted about a food-tech startup in the U.S. on social media. On his Instagram account, Chey said he visited Wildtype, a San Francisco-based startup that makes salmon from cultivated fish cells, during a business trip to the U.S. Chey posted photos and videos of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, who serves as chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), is stepping up to spearhead the industrialization of Korean food in the private sector. The business body announced Tuesday that it has chosen Korean food’s industrialization as the primary theme for [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has suggested possible changes or a delay in SK’s multibillion dollar investment plans for the next few years, citing higher borrowing and raw material costs. Chey made the remarks at a forum in Jeju this week, noting the effect of the global easy-money policy [...]