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 [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The chairman of South Korea’s SK Group was in Washington on Wednesday, vowing to make a commitment not only to the U.S. market but also its people and society. Chey Tae-won, who heads South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate by assets, formally opened the Washington office of chipmaker SK hynix Inc. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the chairman of South Korea’s SK Group to participate in the privatization of state-owned companies in one of the world’s fastest growing economies, the conglomerate said Friday. “We will spare no effort in providing comprehensive assistance in cooperation with SK,” Phuc [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, showed special attachment to SK hynix Inc. as the company held a completion ceremony for the M15 production line at the SK hynix factory in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. Chey bought Hynix Semiconductors Inc. for 3.4 trillion won six years ago, changing the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. has emerged as a key affiliate of SK Group by making up nearly half of the conglomerates’ market capitalization, industry watchers said Monday. SK hynix, purchased by SK Group exactly six years ago, when the company posted a net loss of 159 billion [...]