2006 vk mobile was a south korean company specialising in manufacturing mobile phone terminals . it was part of the brand name vk short for viable korea which was established in 2001 . it originally started as an importer of lithium ion polymer batteries for mobile phones in 1997 but began production of its own batteries in 2000 and mobile phones in 2001 . vk mobile targeted primarily markets in japan hong kong china europe australia taiwan united states and canada . the main technology has been cdma and pcs but there have been also plans to expand into other areas . the ceo of the company yi cheol sang was already famous before he started business as one of the leaders of south korean student activism . on july 7 2006 vk mobile filed for bankruptcy after it suffered several financial difficulties resulting from operational loss . see also edit list of korea related topics economy of south korea communications in south korea external links edit vk mobile homepage vk filed for bankruptcy v t e electronics industry in south korea companies current cowon dongbu daewoo electronics freenex iriver lg electronics pantech samsung electronics hanwha techwin defunct auzentech game park gamepark holdings vk mobile this technology article about a corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a south korean company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vk mobile & oldid 729832744 categories defunct mobile phone manufacturerselectronics companies of south koreacompanies established in 2001technological company stubssouth korean company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages asturianudeutschespa ol idoitalianobahasa melayu edit links this page was last modified on 14 july 2016 at 21 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view