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Christian Davies

Seoul correspondent

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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    Chip division head says performance has not met expectations as company’s latest earnings guidance disappoints

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  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
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    New data suggests artificial intelligence groups are bringing in revenues at an unprecedented rate

  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
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    Rhee Chang-yong calls for caps on university admissions from upmarket capital districts to check price growth

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  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
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    From steel to kimchi, South Korean exporters face flood of Chinese rivals

    Overproduction, tariffs and weak demand increase competition with a glut of low-cost goods

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  • Sunday, 15 September, 2024
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    South Korea’s stock exchange chief defends slow start to corporate reform drive

    Only 1% of 2,600 listed companies have signed up to new initiative aimed at boosting valuations

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    The real lessons South Korea should learn from an EV fire

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    Asian nation seeks to become leading player in market dominated by China and Russia

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  • Sunday, 25 August, 2024
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    Intelligence failures cast South Korea’s spy agencies in unflattering light

    Leaks and infighting raise concerns as Seoul seeks closer co-operation with west

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  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
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    Second possible defection this month comes amid heightened tensions on peninsula

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    Government says new digital education tools are ‘pivotal’ to overhaul of school system

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  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
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    More South Koreans want Seoul to have its own nuclear weapons

    Stronger Putin-Kim ties and possible Trump re-election increases public support for independent deterrent

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  • Sunday, 14 July, 2024
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    Korean tech giant risks losing disenchanted engineers to domestic rival SK Hynix

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  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
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    Region’s cell start-ups have suffered a series of major setbacks in recent months

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  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
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    Supplier to Ford and Volkswagen may have to be rescued by its South Korean parent as losses mount

    Two employees walk down the hallway of an SK On battery factory in South Korea
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
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    Launches come amid high tensions on Korean Peninsula days after Vladimir Putin visit

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  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
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