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Wednesday, 8 June, 2022

Monday, 6 June, 2022

InterviewIndustrial metals

South Korean steelmaker warns green push will benefit China and India

Posco says tough environmental rules may put group at disadvantage to rivals

Thursday, 26 May, 2022

FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen

Investing’s cults of personality

Hedge funds are trying to reposition themselves in the middle of this year’s heavy tech stock sell-off

Monday, 23 May, 2022

News in-depthCryptocurrencies

$40bn crypto collapse turns South Korea against the ‘Lunatic’ leader

Implosion of cryptocurrency offering 20% yield makes developer Do Kwon ‘the most hated man in Korea’

Saturday, 21 May, 2022

North Korea nuclear tensions

Biden and Yoon agree to step up deterrence against North Korea

Washington seeks to reassure allies of its support as Pyongyang pushes ahead with nuclear weapons

Friday, 20 May, 2022

News in-depthNorth Korea

Unvaccinated and unprepared, North Korea faces Covid catastrophe

Pyongyang’s gamble on extreme isolation has unravelled as Omicron sweeps the country

Thursday, 19 May, 2022

News in-depthUS foreign policy

Biden bids to boost alliances in Asia and affirm commitment to region

US president visits South Korea and Japan as worries grow Ukraine war has diverted focus from China

Friday, 13 May, 2022

North Korea

North Korea reports first Covid-19 death from Omicron variant

Fever has spread ‘explosively’ as experts warn about potential impact on unvaccinated nation

Thursday, 12 May, 2022

North Korea

Kim Jong Un orders lockdowns as North Korea confirms first Covid cases

Isolated country has not vaccinated population, stoking worries about potential damage of outbreak

Tuesday, 10 May, 2022

News in-depthNorth Korea nuclear tensions

Nervous South Koreans seek ways to counter North’s nuclear threat

New president Yoon Suk-yeol has pledged to ‘dramatically strengthen’ defences

Saturday, 7 May, 2022

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Samsung’s reliance on fossil fuels poses growing risk to investors

South Korean group lags behind rivals Apple and TSMC on decarbonisation

Thursday, 5 May, 2022

Coronavirus pandemic

‘Stay vigilant’: no let-up in North Korea’s two-year Covid lockout

Pyongyang claims to have avoided a big outbreak but experts warn its luck will eventually run out

Tuesday, 3 May, 2022

Inside BusinessSouth Korean business & finance

K-pop’s big corporate showdown boosts Korean activists

Fledgling domestic fund wins vote to appoint auditor at entertainment behemoth

Friday, 29 April, 2022

North Korea nuclear tensions

North Korea preparing for first nuclear test since 2017, warn experts

Satellite images at test site emerge as Kim Jong Un watches parade of sophisticated weaponry

Wednesday, 27 April, 2022

North Korea

North Korea’s ‘nascent hacker underground’ playing ‘cat and mouse’ with regime

Tech-savvy citizens are trying to circumvent restrictions but the penalty for being caught is severe

Tuesday, 26 April, 2022

News in-depthNorth Korea nuclear tensions

Kim could use nuclear arsenal to dominate Korean peninsula, warn experts

Dictator’s weapons programme has grown beyond the ‘purely defensive’

Tuesday, 26 April, 2022

South Korea Economy

South Korea’s recovery slows as worries over China lockdowns rise

Exports fell in April as analysts warn that demand is weakening while Beijing grapples with Covid fears

Friday, 22 April, 2022

North Korea nuclear tensions

Kim Jong Un tones down rhetoric in rare friendly exchange with South Korea

North Korean leader praises President Moon Jae-in after weeks of rising tensions and missile tests

Thursday, 21 April, 2022

News in-depthWar in Ukraine

North Korea’s sanctions evasion points way for Russians to bypass the west

Network of shell companies, spies, cyber criminals and Chinese banks helps keep Pyongyang regime afloat

Tuesday, 19 April, 2022

InterviewSouth Korean business & finance

Korean Air urges government to ease restrictions on inbound arrivals

Chief executive says faster reopening needed as competition to profit from pent-up demand intensifies

Friday, 15 April, 2022

Coronavirus pandemic

South Korea downgrades Covid to a ‘Class 2’ disease and removes restrictions

Curfews on bars to be dropped and people can gather for large-scale events from Monday

Wednesday, 13 April, 2022

South Korea

South Korea signals nuclear fuel U-turn as global energy crisis looms

Incoming administration cites rising greenhouse gas emissions and Russian invasion of Ukraine

Monday, 11 April, 2022

InterviewSouth Korean business & finance

Seoul’s lure as financial centre impeded by heavy-handed regulation, says mayor

Oh Se-hoon wants changes to boost South Korean city’s ability to attract businesses exiting Hong Kong

Tuesday, 5 April, 2022

North Korea nuclear tensions

Kim Jong Un’s sister condemns South Korean defence minister as a ‘lunatic’

Dictator’s confidante warns Seoul that it faces ‘extermination’ in confrontation with Pyongyang

Monday, 28 March, 2022

Oil & Gas industry

Russia’s Arctic gas ambitions at risk as sanctions imperil LNG icebreakers

Specialised fleet for shipping the fuel out of frozen waters depends on western groups for construction

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