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  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    South Korea’s SK accused of greenwashing after LNG U-turn

    South Korean conglomerate earlier pledged to abandon all new fossil fuel investments

  • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
    IPOs
    South Korean Covid vaccine maker more than doubles on share debut

    SK Bioscience’s $1.3bn IPO comes after group signed deal to make jabs for AstraZeneca

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    Renewable energy
    South Korea’s SK Group raises bet on renewable energy in Asia

    Conglomerate will invest $1.5bn for 9.9% stake in US hydrogen fuel cell group Plug Power

  • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
    News in-depth
    South Korea’s ‘M&A king’ SK Group pursues path away from fossil fuels

    Chairman Chey Tae-won spearheads transformation of company as it bids to take on country’s leading chaebol

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Biotech
    South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals plans to raise $850m in IPO

    Move by SK Group’s unit follows US approval for new anti-epilepsy drug

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Short sellers highlight bubble fears in South Korea biotech

    Attack on cancer drug comes amid near-halving in sector value since last year

  • Tuesday, 17 July, 2018
    Currencies
    Upbeat Powell testimony bolsters equities

    Dollar holds gains as Fed chair signals commitment to gradual rate rises

  • Tuesday, 17 July, 2018
    Transport
    Asiana Airlines jumps on report SK Group considering takeover bid
  • Monday, 2 April, 2018
    Corporate governance
    ‘Nut rage’ outrage as Korean Air heiress returns to board

    Convicted executive’s comeback seen as another blow to chaebol governance

  • Monday, 17 April, 2017
    South Korea Society
    S Korea’s Park Geun-hye charged with bribery and abuse of power

    Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin also indicted as part of anti-corruption probe

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2017
    Energy sector
    SK Group executives questioned in bribery probe

    South Korean scandal embroils country’s third-largest conglomerate

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2017
    LexWorld
    Samsung: no reprieve for investors

    Lee’s reprieve still leaves minority shareholders with no cause to celebrate

  • Friday, 12 August, 2016
    Fund management
    South Korean leader under fire for pardoning convicts

    Business figures freed despite Park’s election pledge to drop practice

  • Friday, 18 March, 2016
    Technology sector
    SK Group’s convicted chief returns

    Chey Tae-won, previously jailed for embezzlement, appointed chief executive and chairman

  • Monday, 17 August, 2015
    Technology sector
    SK Hynix considers $39bn investment after chairman pardoned

    Announcement comes days after Chey freed from prison in bid to boost growth

  • Monday, 17 August, 2015
    Global InsightSimon Mundy
    S Korea grapples with legal contradiction presented by ‘chaebols’

    Pardon for SK Group scion shows law must change to protect cherished institutions

  • Wednesday, 24 June, 2015
    Corporate governance
    South Korea pension fund to vote against SK group merger

    Stance may hint at pension giant’s willingness to oppose similar Samsung deal

  • Monday, 20 April, 2015
    Technology sector
    SK Group to merge units amid chaebol clean-up

    Family-run conglomerates urged to simplify complex cross-shareholdings

  • Thursday, 19 March, 2015
    beyondbricsMarkets
    South Korean shareholders locked out by Super AGMs
  • Monday, 30 June, 2014
    Technology sector
    Foxconn takes stake in SK Group’s IT unit
  • Monday, 15 July, 2013
    South Korea Economy
    South Korean contract workers struggle for rights
  • Thursday, 31 January, 2013
    beyondbricsMarkets
    New York headlines
  • Thursday, 30 August, 2012
    LexEnergy sector
    Chinese takeovers – put up or shut up

    HK regulator tries to step up the pace in China Gas deal

  • Tuesday, 3 July, 2012
    beyondbricsSong Jung-a
    S Korea: time to turn to Africa?
  • Tuesday, 29 May, 2012
    EU energy
    S Korea boosts Iran oil imports
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