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Orla Ryan

Deputy Asia News Editor

Orla Ryan is deputy Asia news editor at the Financial Times. Before that, she was the Middle East and Africa news editor and and an editor on the world news desk. She previously worked for Reuters and the BBC and is the author of Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa.
Email Orla Ryan @orlaliz  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    OutlookHong Kong
    Hong Kong’s domestic workers, worn down by Covid, call time on poor pay

    They bring up babies, care for the elderly, walk dogs, cook and clean — but many are tiring of the long hours and low wages

    Migrant domestic workers take part in the annual Labor Day march in Hong Kong
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Thailand
    Thai king cuts Thaksin’s jail sentence to one year

    Charismatic billionaire returned from 15 years of self-imposed exile last week to face court

    Thaksin Shinawatra raises his clasped hands to his face in a greeting gesture
  • Monday, 10 July, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
    Loan losses mount for US banks

    Israel to start voting on controversial judicial reforms on Monday

  • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
    News in-depthVinFast LLC
    The carmaker from Vietnam looking to take on Tesla

    VinFast wants US customers and investors for its EVs but has hit bumps in the road

    The VinaFast plant in Haiphong: VinFast says the plant is capable of producing a quarter of a million vehicles a year
  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    Vietnam
    Vietnam becomes vital link in supply chain as business pivots from China

    Rising investment amid geopolitical tensions puts infrastructure under strain

  • Sunday, 25 June, 2023
    InterviewVietnam
    Vietnam must take ‘aggressive’ action to meet growth goals, says finance minister

    Export-driven manufacturing hub has been hit hard by drop in demand amid global economic slowdown

    Vietnam’s finance minister Ho Duc Phoc
  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    OutlookHong Kong politics
    The joke can be on Hong Kong comedians if they cross the line

    New security laws have left the flourishing stand-up scene in the territory plagued with worse than stage fright

    Jami Gong on stage in Hong Kong. The comedian says ‘Don’t make fun of China. All you need is one complaint to change everything’
  • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    Sky highs: six of Hong Kong’s best rooftop bars

    Where to head for a cocktail with a view that’s guaranteed to give you a lift

    People standing on the terrace of Hong Kong’s Sevva bar
  • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran allows IAEA cameras into key nuclear facility

    Move set to ease tensions as talks on revival of nuclear accord stall in Vienna

    Rafael Grossi
  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    Best FT Weekend long reads of 2021
    The FT’s 25 most influential women of 2021 

    Written by Christine Lagarde, Elizabeth Warren, Malala Yousafzai, Jane Fraser, Greta Thunberg and many more

  • Friday, 19 November, 2021
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    What learning to waltz taught me

    ‘I need an interest, one that doesn’t involve alcohol or eating or reading or television — something that exists just for itself’

    Illustration of a dancing couple
  • Friday, 6 August, 2021
    FT MagazineFamily holidays
    Have I got what it takes for a family camping trip?

    ‘You soon appreciate your real kitchen, bathroom and bedroom’

    Illustration of a mother and child in a campsite
  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    FT MagazineWorking from home
    WFH has given this parent a reboot

    ‘I look back at what seems like another life. What I have now is much messier, less tiring and with a lot more interruptions’

  • Saturday, 23 January, 2021
    FT SeriesFantasy dinner parties
    Orla Ryan’s fantasy dinner — Elton John and a flying visit from Amelia Earhart

    The FT’s Middle East and Africa news editor serves up poitín, political intrigue and rock-star piano

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    African economy
    Chocolate is a treat but leaves a sour taste in cocoa farmers’ mouths

    For families growing the crop in west Africa, the farmgate price is low and the life uncertain

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    Yes, I’m 50, but who needs to know my real age anyway?

    ‘Whatever age I’ve been, it’s always been the wrong one for what I’ve wanted to do — go to the pub, get the glamorous job, have children’

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    Ivory Coast
    Thiam’s name floated in Elysée talks to defuse Ivory Coast tensions

    Ivorian leader rebuffs Macron’s plea to postpone elections, as well as idea former CEO could play political role

  • Friday, 10 July, 2020
    FT Magazine
    Have you heard the one about the offensive joke?

    There’s no right or easy way to deal with derogatory gags but inaction comes at a cost

  • Friday, 24 January, 2020
    FT Magazine
    Losing my religion — and learning to parent without it

    Orla Ryan on teaching children right and wrong as a lapsed Catholic

  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2019
    Agricultural production
    Cocoa farmers in west Africa at mercy of global markets

    Bean producers struggle to make a profit despite chocolate makers’ reliance on their crops

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    The perils of learning to drive, age 45

    All around, idiots are driving too fast around corners. They passed their test. Why can’t I?

  • Friday, 28 June, 2019
    FT Magazine
    Why I gave up being a literary snob

    Orla Ryan on embracing trashy novels, celebrity biographies and airport bestsellers

  • Thursday, 6 December, 2018
    FT SeriesWomen in 2018: the change makers
    Ireland’s pro-choice activists: ‘We changed something at a profound level’

    The campaigners behind the repeal of Ireland’s abortion law on how they won a decades-long battle

  • Friday, 2 November, 2018
    Lex
    Best of Lex: your weekly round-up Premium content

    UK tech tax, BP, General Electric, SoftBank, Facebook, Apple, Credit Suisse and more

    File photo dated 03/01/18 of app icons, as social media giants and other online firms could face a tax on revenues generated from UK users under plans being considered by the Treasury. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday March 13, 2018. A move to tax revenues rather than profit would be an interim measure until there could be international reform of the system for dealing with digital firms. See PA story POLITICS Statement Digital. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
  • Thursday, 26 April, 2018
    FT Magazine
    ‘We’ve had a lot of silence for a long time’: Ireland’s abortion battle

    Ireland is about to vote on whether to repeal its abortion ban. Orla Ryan reports from a divided nation

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