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Christian Davies is the FT's Seoul bureau chief, covering South Korea and North Korea. He was previously based in Warsaw.
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  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Technology sector
    Samsung and LG join forces against Chinese rivals in battle for display dominance

    After taking over mass-market LCDs, Chinese manufacturers are threatening to undercut South Korean makers on premium OLED technology

    The entrance to LG’s booth at CES in 2018
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Inside BusinessElectric vehicles
    South Korean business worries rise over Biden’s IRA law

    Clarity sought on climate legislation as Seoul and Washington are brought closer by need to reduce dependence on China

    A South Korean Hyundai Ioniq 6 electric vehicle
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    North Korea
    North Korean hackers use AI for more sophisticated scams

    Cyber criminals backed by Pyongyang turn to artificial intelligence as they try to secure funds

    Kim Jong Un pictured this month
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida seeks summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

    Tokyo hopes diplomatic breakthrough will boost premier’s domestic popularity

    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    Lee Jae-yong
    Samsung chair acquitted of stock manipulation and fraud charges

    Heir to South Korean conglomerate Lee Jae-yong has maintained merger was ‘normal business activity’

    Lee Jae-yong surrounded by reporters
  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
    Investor activism
    Activist shareholders target Samsung to unlock value

    Investors in South Korea emboldened by Japan’s corporate governance drive

    A picture of a Samsung booth
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    Semiconductors
    SK Hynix to build advanced plant in Indiana in boost to US chip self-sufficiency

    South Korean company’s memory chips will be packaged with Nvidia processors to create more powerful AI products

    SK Hynix offices
  • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
    News in-depthNorth Korea
    Kim’s rejection of Korean reunification opens perilous new era

    Nuclear weapons development and strong ties with Russia embolden Pyongyang to escalate threats towards Seoul

    Kim Jong Un and government officials clapping their hands
  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    News in-depthSouth Korea Politics & Policy
    South Korean first lady’s $2,000 Dior handbag triggers graft accusations

    Scandal sparks row within ruling party and criticisms of ‘authoritarian’ conduct ahead of election

    South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and his wife Kim Keon Hee
  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
    Hynix Semiconductor Inc
    SK Hynix returns to profit boosted by AI memory chip demand

    South Korean chipmaker highlights turnaround after year-long supply glut

    SK Hynix logo
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    Batteries
    Europe over-reliant on Chinese EV batteries, warns South Korea’s SK On

    Chinese companies’ market share on the continent expected to rise to 50% in 2027

    An SK On battery cell for electric vehicles at an exhibition in Seoul
  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2024
    North Korea
    Kim Jong Un abandons aim of unification with South Korea

    North Korean leader labels Seoul ‘principal enemy’ as he drops historic commitment to reconciliation

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un addresses the Supreme People’s Assembly on Monday
  • Monday, 15 January, 2024
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    North Korea tests first solid-fuel ‘hypersonic’ missile

    Pyongyang claims successful launch as regime increases weapons sales to Russia

    A solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile launch, in a photo provided by North Korean state media on Sunday
  • Sunday, 14 January, 2024
    FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: military strategies
    Missiles from Iran and North Korea boost Russia’s onslaught on Ukraine

    Moscow changes tactics with unprecedented barrages aiming ‘to crack the code’ of Ukrainian air defences

    A montage of missiles, a bomber and damaged buildings
  • Saturday, 13 January, 2024
    News in-depthSemiconductors
    AI drives upswing for chipmakers but doubts linger

    Analysts see ‘turning point’ this year for $600bn market but question speed of recovery

    A semiconductor production workshop
  • Friday, 12 January, 2024
    Korea Development Bank
    Turmoil at South Korean builder revives risk fear after Legoland credit crunch

    Taeyoung to restructure its debt and authorities pledge to expand a $66bn market stabilisation scheme if necessary

    A picture of a Taeyoung building
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    Hyundai is big in America after focusing on smaller EVs

    Korean manufacturer has seized second spot behind Tesla in sales of the vehicles

    A Hyundai IONIQ 6 on a test drive at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles in November
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    North Korea
    South Korean islanders shelter after Pyongyang launches artillery shells

    North Korea bombardment raises tensions after historic foes scrapped military agreement last year

    People in Seoul watch a television showing a news broadcast of North Korea firing artillery
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    South Korea Politics & Policy
    South Koreans charged with leaking submarine secrets to Taiwan

    Support and transfer of military technology stir anxiety in Seoul about retaliation from Beijing

    A Taiwanese naval band walks in front of Taiwan’s first domestically built submarine, at its launch ceremony in Kaohsiung in September
  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    Nissan and GM warn Trump’s plans to gut Inflation Reduction Act will hurt US EV sales

    Threats could impact inward car and battery investment by international groups, note analysts

    Hummer EVs on a production line
  • Tuesday, 2 January, 2024
    South Korea Politics & Policy
    South Korean opposition leader stabbed

    Lee Jae-myung wounded in neck during visit to southern city of Busan

    Lee Jae-myung is transported on a stretcher to a hospital after he was stabbed
  • Monday, 11 December, 2023
    News in-depthSemiconductors
    Semiconductor giants race to make next generation of cutting-edge chips

    TSMC, Samsung and Intel battle to create ‘2 nanometre’ chips in moves that will shape the future of $500bn industry

    Mobile phones and logos of Samsung and TSMC
  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
    Inside BusinessSouth Korean business & finance
    South Korean display industry still paying a heavy price for Chinese deal

    Court battle over tech leakage puts spotlight on rise of Chinese company that gained from a Hyundai unit acquisition

    A woman walks past an advertisement for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    OutlookNorth Korea
    The upside-down world of North Korean elections

    Polls are valued more for propaganda value than democratic choice

    An image released by North Korea’s state news agency showing citizens lining up to vote
  • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
    Aerospace & Defence
    South Korean defence industry rides global order wave

    After decades of preparation for war with North Korea, the country has become a top 10 defence exporter since the start of Ukraine conflict

    South Korean engineers work on a K-9 self propelled howitzer at Hanwha Aerospace factory in Changwon
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