SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, famous for his enthusiasm in environment, social and governance (ESG) management, has shown interest in alternative foods on his social media accounts. On Tuesday, Chey posted pictures of purchases of alternative meat, ice cream, butter, milk and other alternative food in the U.S. on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief of SK Group was appointed as the new head of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), a powerful business lobby group, the KCCI said Monday. Member chairs unanimously agreed to tap SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won as the sole candidate for the new chief to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Chey Tae-won, chairman of South Korea’s SK Group, has been named vice president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the top sports governing body on the continent. “The General Assembly elected a new OCA Vice President to serve as coordinator for the 90 sports federations that take part [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The heir apparent of Hyundai Motor Group met with the head of refinery-to-battery conglomerate SK Group on Tuesday to discuss cooperation in the electric vehicle (EV) business. Hyundai Motor Group Executive Vice Chairman Chung Euisun and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won discussed cooperation on next-generation EV battery technologies, power [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming has met with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and called for greater investment in his country, his embassy said Thursday. The meeting, which took place on Wednesday, was the ambassador’s first meeting with the chief of a top South Korean conglomerate since [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean energy and telecoms conglomerate SK Group’s New Year’s meeting has been transformed into a venue that listens to the voices of various stakeholders without a traditional New Year’s address from the chairman. SK Group held a New Year’s meeting at the Grand Walkerhill Seoul hotel on Thursday [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., along with SK Group affiliates are holding the SK ICT Tech Summit 2019, where the main agenda is to share ICT and services, at Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul for two days on Monday and Tuesday. The summit is the fourth of its kind this year with [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group, an energy-to-telecom focused conglomerate, plans to invest US$10 billion over the next three years in the United States, the group’s chief has said, as it seeks to expand its presence in the world’s largest economy. SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won made the remarks during a corporate event [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Heads of SK Group and Samsung Electronics are expected to attend the annual Boao Forum for Asia opening next month in China as invited guests, corporate officials said Friday. Commonly referred to as the Asian edition of the Davos Forum, the conference is scheduled from March 26-29 in Boao [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Chey Tae-won, the chairman of SK Group, has revealed that the company is willing to boost investment in a new electric car battery plant in the U.S. state of Georgia. Construction of the plant is expected to kick off next year. Chey visited SK’s Washington D.C. office on November [...]