Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-21 12:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Complaints mount over sculpture depicting sign for ‘I love you,’ prompting temporary withdrawal for improvements
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[2026-09-21 12:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Posco has introduced robotic systems for building maintenance and customer services at its Seoul headquarters, including a robot that cleans the exterior of the multistory building, as the steelmaker seeks to boost worker safety and operational efficiency.
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[2026-09-21 12:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday urged its people to complete the rice harvest at the right time as part of a broader push to meet targets under its five-year national economic plan.
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[2026-09-21 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Monday the government will make seamless preparations to realize the country's "Global AI Hub" initiative, including selecting the best location for the envisioned hub through fair and transparent procedures.
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[2026-09-21 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Soyeon, leader of K-pop girl group i-dle, has topped major South Korean music charts with a song about quitting work that has struck a chord with office workers and other listeners.
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[2026-09-21 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean space startup Innospace Co. said Monday it has signed a distribution agreement with Canadian space and defense company RSAT Space Inc. to expand its presence in the North American launch market.
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[2026-09-21 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Suicide accounted for nearly 18 percent of deaths among foreign students at South Korean universities over the past six years, data showed Monday, highlighting growing concerns over mental health and adjustment challenges.
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[2026-09-21 11:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung was set to embark on a two-nation trip Monday that will first take him to New York, where he is set to address the United Nations General Assembly before heading to Mexico for a state visit, a presidential official said.
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[2026-09-21 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun held separate talks with his Panamanian and Bahraini counterparts in New York and discussed ways to enhance practical cooperation and regional issues, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.
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[2026-09-21 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Fin.K.L, one of the late 1990s' most influential K-pop acts, is set to resume full-group activities for the first time in 21 years, the group's agency said Monday.
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[2026-09-21 11:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) production line in the southwestern city of Gwangju on Monday.
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[2026-09-21 11:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-09-21 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- The government and the ruling Democratic Party (DP) agreed Monday to take a lenient approach to minor violations identified in an ongoing national farmland survey while cracking down on clear acts of land speculation.
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[2026-09-21 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Senior diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan held telephone consultations Monday to share information and discuss responses following North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
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[2026-09-21 11:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean state media remained silent early Monday morning on the country's latest missile launches.
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[2026-09-21 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose for the first time in 10 weeks last week, helped by his clarification of key political issues during a press conference, a pollster said Monday.
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[2026-09-21 11:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Korean remake of the Hollywood hit "The Intern" (2015) debuted at No. 1 on the weekend box-office chart in South Korea, snapping a weekslong chart-topping run by Christopher Nolan's epic "The Odyssey," data showed Monday.
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[2026-09-21 11:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- A former journalist-turned-political commentator has been appointed as a new presidential spokesperson, the presidential office said Monday.
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[2026-09-21 11:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: No one scored more points, made more three-pointers, grabbed more rebounds or had more steals in the entire tournament. Considering the stakes, it would not be an exaggeration to say Lee Hyun-jung played the best basketball of his life during his six-game run to the gold medal for South Korea at the Asian Games this month.
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[2026-09-21 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea is the latest large source of jet fuel shipments to Europe, exporting 129,000 barrels per day, the highest since October 2022
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[2026-09-21 10:59 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea is the latest large source of jet fuel shipments to Europe, exporting 129,000 barrels per day, the highest since October 2022
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[2026-09-21 10:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Tan Wan Sze, Laura Kee discuss international collaboration, artist sustainability in Korea explored as part of Creative Connection: A Korea-Singapore Exchange Project
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[2026-09-21 10:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks opened higher Monday, led by gains in tech heavyweights, though elevated oil prices and lingering tensions in the Middle East kept investors cautious.
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[2026-09-21 10:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean swimming stars will seek to defend their men's relay title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday, while the women's football team will face North Korea in the first all-Korean match of the Games.
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[2026-09-21 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with latest details in paras 2, 8-11; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-09-21 10:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hours before the men's basketball final at the Asian Games on Sunday, the South Korean team had to cancel its pre-match shootaround after its scheduled shuttle bus failed to show up.
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[2026-09-21 10:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Nikolajs Mazurs lost his first three games in charge of the South Korean men's basketball team after being appointed last December, and the team lost more games than it won under the Latvian coach entering the Asian Games -- causing many to wonder if he was the right man to lead the squad back to glory at the quadrennial event.
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[2026-09-21 10:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's exports surged 78 percent from a year earlier in the first 20 days of September, customs data showed Monday, driven by strong shipments of semiconductors.
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[2026-09-21 10:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details throughout)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-09-21 10:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports surged 78 percent from a year earlier over the first 20 days of September, customs data showed Monday.
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[2026-09-21 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened higher Monday, led by gains in tech heavyweights, though elevated oil prices and lingering tensions in the Middle East kept investors cautious.
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[2026-09-21 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Facebook X More Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger Copy URL URL is copied. OK
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[2026-09-21 09:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For architect Yoon Kyeong-sik, religious architecture should not make faith appear grander, more imposing or more authoritative than it is.
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[2026-09-21 09:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Korean remake of the Hollywood hit "The Intern" (2015) debuted at No. 1 on the weekend box-office chart in South Korea, snapping a weekslong chart-topping run by Christopher Nolan's epic "The Odyssey," data showed Monday.
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[2026-09-21 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korean state media remained silent early Monday morning on the country's latest missile launches.
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[2026-09-21 09:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will begin its bid for a fifth consecutive Asian Games baseball gold medal on Monday at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan.
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[2026-09-21 08:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Hours before the men's basketball final at the Asian Games on Sunday, the South Korean team had to cancel its pre-match shootaround after its scheduled shuttle bus failed to show up.
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[2026-09-21 08:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The tests come days after North Korea reasserted its status as a nuclear-armed state. (AP: Ahn Young-joon, file)
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[2026-09-21 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Korea, U.S. must compromise after inconclusive talks: Inconclusive talks exposed growing divisions over investment, Hormuz support and security cooperation, underscoring the need for practical compromise.
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[2026-09-21 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Warning sign for gov't personnel system: Justice minister nominee's resignation draws lesson for Lee gov't
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[2026-09-21 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Damage control: President Lee acknowledges growing public frustration, but offers little evidence of change
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[2026-09-21 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Sept. 21.
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[2026-09-21 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean swimming stars will seek to defend their men's relay title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday, while the women's football team will face North Korea in the first all-Korean match of the Games.
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[2026-09-21 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A couple of years ago, while driving, I heard a unique Korean song on the radio. It was “Space Travel,” a 1970 track by the twin-sister duo Bunny Girls, composed by the legendary musician Shin Joong-hyun. Yes, it is a song about space travel — all the way back in 1970, right here in Seoul.
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[2026-09-21 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS quotes throughout)By Kim Boram
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[2026-09-21 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 6-11)By Kim Boram
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[2026-09-21 00:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: No one scored more points, made more three-pointers, grabbed more rebounds or had more steals in the entire tournament. Considering the stakes, it would not be an exaggeration to say Lee Hyun-jung played the best basketball of his life during his six-game run to the gold medal for South Korea at the Asian Games this month.
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[2026-09-21 00:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Nikolajs Mazurs lost his first three games in charge of the South Korean men's basketball team after being appointed last December, and the team lost more games than it won under the Latvian coach entering the Asian Games -- causing many to wonder if he was the right man to lead the squad back to glory at the quadrennial event.
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[2026-09-21 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- No one scored more points, made more three-pointers, grabbed more rebounds or had more steals in the entire tournament. Considering the stakes, it would not be an exaggeration to say Lee Hyun-jung played the best basketball of his life during his six-game run to the gold medal for South Korea at the Asian Games this month.
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[2026-09-20 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- Nikolajs Mazurs lost his first three games in charge of the South Korean men's basketball team after being appointed last December, and the team lost more games than it won under the Latvian coach entering the Asian Games -- causing many to wonder if he was the right man to lead the squad back to glory at the quadrennial event.
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