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[edit] Merge

I have proposed that SK Holdings and SK Energy be merged into SK Group. All 3 articles are stubs and it makes no sense to have subsidiary articles when the parent corporation's article is so short. Wl219 07:26, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

The stubs have been merged, might need some cleanup--Hu12 08:32, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I have also proposed that SK Teletech be merged into SK Group for the same reasons. Dbromage [Talk] 12:19, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion

The article SK Holdings was nominated for deletion. The debate was closed on 2007-08-24 with a consensus to merge the content into SK Group. If the merger is not completed promptly, SK Holdings might be re-nominated for deletion.

To discuss the merger, please use this talk page.

[edit] Execrable prose removed to talk

I have removed the following text:

From the lead paragraph:

. . . With Korea’s largest market share in both sectors . . .

This should have a reference.

From Core business

. . . With Korea’s largest market share in both sectors, SK is emerging as an enterprise leader in the global marketplace.

This should have a reference. "Enterprise leader in the global marketplace" is puffery so vague as to be meaningless.

The entire section:

History
Over its fifty-plus-year history, SK has built a robust reputation through its commitment to innovation and continual improvement; in the process, it has developed strong corporate governance practices and proprietary management systems while embracing heartfelt corporate social responsibility that has touched the lives of citizens throughout the world.

This seems to be vague and meaningless puffery, and doesn't tell us anything about the history of the business.

I also renamed a section Commitment to transparent corporate governance to Restructuring, and removed further puffery. I renamed another section to Subsidiaries and removed puffery there also.

Renamed Unique management system to Management system. Removed puffery, and the sentences:

SKMS helps SK’s various businesses – from energy and petrochemical to engineering and telecommunications – maximize the benefits and synergies of operating under the same SK brand. Indeed, SK companies offer customers higher-level solutions because of this vast synergy.

- Smerdis of Tlön 14:03, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Propose a deeper history and a references section Mediathink (talk) 20:57, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Mediathink above - these company articles really require references to back up the facts that are otherwise stated. Too many of them, especially the newer stubs, contain no supporting evidence. Kat Malone (talk) 17:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] History proposed

I'm proposing the following history with appropriate references:

SK Group began when the current founders acquired Sunkyong Textiles in 1953. In 1958, the company manufactured Korea's first polyester fiber on company grounds. It established Sunkyong Fibers Ltd. in July 1969, and started to produce original yarn. In 1973, SK then established Sunkyong Oil, beginning a vertical integration strategy to manage production, "From Petroleum to Fibers.” That same year, the company acquired the Walkerhill Hotel.
In 1976, Sunkyong Corporation received an international trading company license from the Korean government. In December 1980 SK purchased privately-run Korea National Oil, making it Korea’s fifth largest conglomerate .
In January 1988, crude oil was imported for processing to Korea from Yemen’s Marib oil field.
In June 1994, SK entered Korea’s telecommunications business by becoming Korea Telecom’s largest shareholder. In January 1996, SK Telecom launched Korea’s first commercial CDMA cellular phone service in Incheon and Bucheon.
In 2002, SK Telecom successfully launched the world’s first commercial CDMA 1X EV-DO technology, allowing it to offer 3G telecommunications service. In 2004, SK Telecom enabled satellite [DMB] service by deploying the world’s first [DMB] satellite. Moreover, in 2006, SK began revitalizing the 3.5-generation mobile phone market and in the following year, completed the construction of the national HSDPA network. In May 2006, SK Telecom started the world’s first commercial 3.5-generation HSDPA service, featuring high-quality video telephony and data transmission, and global roaming access.
In 1998, Management re-branded Sunkyong to SK. In 1999, SK Chemicals developed third-generation (non cross resistant) platinum-complex anti-cancer agent. Also, by focusing its research and development efforts on life sciences, SK Corporation developed YKP1358, a new drug candidate for schizophrenia, in 2003.
In 2005, SK Networks opened China's first two wholly foreign-owned, gas stations in Shenyang. Then, after exploring Brazilian mining area BM-C-8, SK Corporation developed an oil field where it confirmed the existence of more than 50 million barrels of oil deposits.
SK Gas began developing resources overseas when it participated in two mining areas to the west of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula in March 2006. In early 2006, SK Networks also developed Ecol-Green, a biodegradable plastic material. Incheon Oil officially started operations using the SK name in March 2006. SK Energy is currently engaged in 27 oil fields in 15 countries worldwide
SKC imported propylene oxide (PO, a chemical used in manufacturing polyurethane) production technology from Germany in May 2006. It is scheduled to produce 100,000 tons of PO from 2008.
At the end of 2005, SK Corp. developed a lithium ion battery separator (LiBS) for the first time in Korea, and started selling the product in 2006. In July 2007, SK Group adopted a holding company structure. Under the re-organization, SK’s main entity, SK Corporation, was split into an investment company, now SK Holdings and an operating company, now SK Energy. The subsidiary companies that now operate under the central SK Holdings umbrella include: SK Energy, SK Telecom, SK Networks, SKC, SK E&S, SK Shipping and K Power.Mediathink (talk) 01:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


If all of the above has appropriate references to avoid what the previously unsupported history brought about in the above discussions, then I suggest that it be merged in to the article. I will be interested to see the supporting evidence. Thanks for your work. Kat Malone (talk) 03:17, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Kat Malone and would be interested in seeing the supporting evidence as well. I recently learned about a policy you might find useful for this article. WP:RSUE. I think it would help if you have sources written in another language. There is nothing wrong with using a source written in a foreign language, however an English source is preferred.--Neyoung (talk) 04:44, 23 January 2008 (UTC)