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Christian Davies

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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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  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    #techAsia
    Apple enters AI era and EU adds EV tariffs Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    News in-depthTechnology sector
    Data leak at SoftBank joint venture sparks blame game between Tokyo and Seoul

    Japanese officials say South Korea’s Naver should cut stake in Line Yahoo on security grounds

    The two men look directly at each other from either sides of the frame
  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    Commodities
    The graphite fight: US tariffs trigger race to build non-Chinese supply chain

    Key material for electric vehicle batteries has been neglected by industry to date, giving China almost 100% of market

    A researcher examines graphite samples
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    InterviewThailand
    Thai election winner Pita says party ban would ‘turbocharge’ calls for change

    Pita Limjaroenrat faces exclusion from public office over pledge to reform repressive lèse majesté law

    A portrait of Pita Limjaroenrat looking out of an office window
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Aerospace & Defence
    Korean bid for Australian shipbuilder hobbled by security concerns

    Hanwha conglomerate argues it could help Austal build better naval ships but faces tough scrutiny

    Vessels at Austal shipyards
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    North Korea
    Seoul says North Korea is dropping balloons filled with ‘filth and garbage’

    Pyongyang retaliates against leafleting campaign by pro-democracy activists from South

    Balloons with trash caught on electric wires as South Korean army soldiers stand guard in Muju, South Korea on Wednesday
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Asia-Pacific
    China hails ‘new beginning’ at summit with Japan and South Korea

    Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo agree to revive talks on free trade deal

    South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol shakes hands with China’s Premier Li Qiang, as Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida looks on
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    Geopolitics
    China warns South Korea against politicising trade before Japan talks

    Supply chains are ‘deeply intertwined’, says Premier Li Qiang ahead of summit

    South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, third from left, holds talks with Chinese premier Li Qiang, sitting opposite, in Seoul on Sunday
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Leading tech companies sign AI safety pledges

    Artificial intelligence developers agree to assess when risks become ‘intolerable’ ahead of summit in Seoul

    A large outdoor screen announcing the summit in Seoul
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
    Samsung replaces semiconductor chief as it chases AI chip rivals

    Electronics group trails South Korean peer SK Hynix in high-bandwidth memory chips for artificial intelligence

    A man uses his phone in front of a large digital display with circuit designs and the words ‘Samsung Semiconductor’
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Niger’s first oil exports

    The west African country is on the verge of becoming a regional oil major

  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    News in-depthNorth Korea nuclear tensions
    Russia has stopped UN from monitoring North Korea sanctions. Who is watching Kim?

    Moscow’s veto over extending panel’s mandate leaves west without means of enforcing international curbs on Pyongyang

    A man looks through binoculars at the North Korean coastline from a viewpoint in  South Korea
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    News in-depthTechnology regulation
    Big Tech regulatory crackdown spreads to Asia and Australia

    Tokyo, Seoul and Canberra follow EU and US in trying to rein in dominance of Apple and Google

    The Apple and Google logos with hands using a phone
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    News in-depthSouth Korean business & finance
    A star producer takes on the K-pop patriarchy

    Min Hee-jin battles entertainment company Hybe over financial and creative control

    Min Hee-jin
  • Sunday, 28 April, 2024
    North Korea
    North Korea’s Kim seeks to build on Russia ties to resuscitate economy

    Pyongyang mobilises army to increase industrial capacity in battered regions

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ceremony
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    China’s EV supply chain dominance risks ‘collapse’ of US subsidies, warns South Korea

    Seoul’s industry minister says China’s grip on graphite threatens Inflation Reduction Act incentives

    Ahn Duk-geun, South Korea’s industry minister
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    ExplainerSemiconductors
    Why chipmakers are investing billions into ‘advanced packaging’

    The technique of stacking multiple chips closely together is crucial to improving the performance of semiconductors

    A close-up of an nvidia chip
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    The Big Read
    Is South Korea’s economic miracle over?

    Decades of growth are tapering off as the country struggles to reform its model and reduce its dependence on manufacturing

    Montage of images of a woman working on a production line, a hand holding a smartphone, and production chips, against a background of the South Korean flags and graph lines
  • Monday, 15 April, 2024
    Semiconductors
    Samsung boosts Biden’s chipmaking ambitions with Texas plant upgrade

    South Korean group set to outdo rival TSMC with cutting-edge 2nm chip production in US by 2026 as part of $40bn investment

    Samsung’s HBM3E chip, top, and other DDR modules
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    China asserts ‘deep friendship’ with North Korea as Russian influence grows

    Senior official’s trip to Pyongyang signals Beijing’s disquiet about burgeoning ties between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin

    Zhao Leji, left, is greeted by North Koreans upon his arrival in Pyongyang on Thursday
  • Thursday, 11 April, 2024
    News in-depthSemiconductors
    US missing pieces of AI chip puzzle despite TSMC’s $65bn bet

    Big upgrades in Arizona with advanced tech plants imply changes to foundry strategy

    President Biden speaking at the official opening of TSMC’s first Arizona fabrication plant in December 2022
  • Thursday, 11 April, 2024
    South Korea Politics & Policy
    South Korea’s ‘Luke Skywalker’ strikes blow against President Yoon

    Convicted former justice minister helps deliver resounding electoral victory for leftwing alliance

  • Monday, 8 April, 2024
    InterviewSouth Korea Economy
    China now a rival rather than boon for South Korean exporters, warns minister

    Seoul says tech and manufacturing sectors must adapt to rising competition

    South Korean finance minister Choi Sang-mok
  • Thursday, 28 March, 2024
    South Korea Society
    $75,000 for a baby? South Korean businesses float incentives as demographic crisis looms

    Companies and politicians try new strategies to encourage workers to start families

    A South Korean mother holding her child
  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2024
    North Korea
    Russia supplies oil to North Korea as UN sanctions regime nears ‘collapse’

    Satellite images shared exclusively with the Financial Times point to ‘arms-for-oil’ trade between Pyongyang and Moscow

    Montage of Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and satellite images
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