NY Times picks Seoul over Tokyo to diversify from Hong Kong

Foreign media in Chinese city face uncertainty after enactment of security law

The New York Times Building in New York. The company is set to move one-third of its staff in Hong Kong to Seoul due to concerns over the national security legislation. © Reuters

DEAN NAPOLITANO, Nikkei Asian Review deputy editor

July 15, 2020 17:24 JST

Updated on July 15, 2020 23:54 JST

HONG KONG -- The New York Times said it is moving its Asia-based digital news operations from Hong Kong to Seoul, the first plan by a foreign news organization to relocate employees out of the city since the introduction of the new security law.