Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-27 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The Samsung Lions started last week in first place in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). But then they went on to lose all six games of the week, which dropped them to fourth place to begin this week.
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[2026-04-27 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS background, details of ex-justice minister's trial throughout, photo)
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[2026-04-27 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Omnichannel strategy blends styling, e-commerce, city formats to boost access
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[2026-04-27 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Pyongyang has opened a memorial honoring North Korean troops killed while fighting alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine, with leader Kim Jong-un stressing the need to strengthen Pyongyang-Moscow ties into a "powerful bulwark" in a ceremony marking its opening, state media reported Monday.
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[2026-04-27 10:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks opened sharply higher Monday despite hopes of a breakthrough between the United States and Iran faltering further over the weekend.
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[2026-04-27 10:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korea’s musical theater scene is entering a season of renewal, as a wave of original productions returns to the stage. Spanning long-running hits and newly reworked revivals, the current lineup reflects not only the resilience of Korean original musicals but also a broader shift toward refining existing works rather than continuously debuting new ones.
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[2026-04-27 10:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened sharply higher Monday despite hopes of a breakthrough between the United States and Iran faltering further over the weekend.
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[2026-04-27 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan on Monday vowed the government's "active" support for companies reshoring to South Korea amid global economic uncertainties.
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[2026-04-27 10:32 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Russian delegation visits Pyongyang; 16 killed in drone strikes across region; Zelenskyy accuses Putin of ‘nuclear terrorism’ over Chornobyl risks. What we know on day 1,524
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[2026-04-27 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Cash assistance for basic livelihood security recipients and other vulnerable groups began rolling out Monday as part of efforts to ease financial strains caused by rising oil prices amid the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-27 10:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The horror film "Salmokji: Whispering Water" has continued its reign on the weekend box office chart, data showed Monday.
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[2026-04-27 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Song Sung-mun of the San Diego Padres has made his major league debut as a pinch runner.
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[2026-04-27 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating stayed above 60 percent for the seventh consecutive week, though it fell from a week earlier amid economic concerns linked to the ripple effects of the war in the Middle East, a poll showed Monday.
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[2026-04-27 10:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An appeals court was set to hold the first preliminary hearing of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's insurrection trial Monday over his failed 2024 martial law bid after a lower court sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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[2026-04-27 09:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean government ministries are rolling out unusually large performance bonuses for civil servants following President Lee Jae Myung’s call to more aggressively reward results, a shift that is prompting debate over fairness and incentives within the bureaucracy.
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[2026-04-27 09:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court was set to hold the first preliminary hearing of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's insurrection trial Monday over his failed 2024 martial law bid after a lower court sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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[2026-04-27 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The Navy and Marine Corps launched a weeklong regular amphibious landing exercise in a southeastern coastal city last week, the armed services said Monday, in efforts to maintain combat readiness against diversifying threats in future warfare.
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[2026-04-27 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together (TXT) debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with their latest album, "7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns."
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[2026-04-27 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Yoon Ina has enjoyed her first career top-10 finish at an LPGA major tournament.
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[2026-04-27 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Potential growth falls to 1.71 pct, reforms needed to avoid stagnation
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[2026-04-27 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Despite chip rally, challenges aheadKorean economy must look beyond semiconductor supercycle
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[2026-04-27 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Distorted expansionStrong headline growth conceals Korea's imbalance, labor tensions, external shocks
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[2026-04-27 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on April 27.
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[2026-04-27 07:20 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign affairs minister begins another diplomatic tour to secure Australia’s fuel and energy supply chains. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-04-27 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The memory of the November 1997 economic crisis still carries weight in South Korea. Faced with the risk of sovereign default, the country turned to a massive bailout led by the International Monetary Fund after having failed to push through painful domestic reforms in earlier years.
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[2026-04-27 05:33 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: In an internal email, the UNSW has asked staff to review their current and anticipated collaboration with Iran, Belarus, Russia and North Korea. Source: AAP / Dean Lewins
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[2026-04-27 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has awarded North Korean troops, who helped liberate Russia’s Kursk Region from Ukrainian forces, with the Order of Courage during his visit to Pyongyang.
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[2026-04-27 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has awarded North Korean troops, who helped liberate Russia’s Kursk Region from Ukrainian forces, with the Order of Courage during his visit to Pyongyang.
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[2026-04-26 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s cosmetics exports rose to a record $3.1 billion in the first quarter of 2026, marking a 19 percent increase from a year earlier, data from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety showed.
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[2026-04-26 22:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Personal information of around 100,000 customers has been leaked from a golf course, prompting a police investigation, sources said Sunday.
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[2026-04-26 22:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 'If migrants’ rights are not guaranteed, the rights of local workers will also be threatened'
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[2026-04-26 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — Russia's parliamentary speaker thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for "the liberation of Kursk" by sending troops there to fight off Ukrainians, Russian news agency TASS reported on Sunday.
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[2026-04-26 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian State Duma speaker thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for "the liberation of Kursk" by sending troops there to fight off Ukrainians, Russian TASS reported on Sunday.
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[2026-04-26 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung plans to host a luncheon meeting with lawmakers from minor parties and independent members of the National Assembly this week, Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday.
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[2026-04-26 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Personal information of around 100,000 customers has been leaked from a golf course, prompting a police investigation, sources said Sunday.
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[2026-04-26 21:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 'If migrants’ rights are not guaranteed, the rights of local workers will also be threatened'
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[2026-04-26 19:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is weighing longer rest periods for railway controllers after a viral post about overwork raised safety concerns, the Transport Ministry said.
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[2026-04-26 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met the speaker of Russia's lower house in Pyongyang on Sunday, a foreign media report said.
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[2026-04-26 18:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Hyundai said Sunday it has secured two research contracts from the US Office of Naval Research, the first such deal awarded to a Korean company.
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[2026-04-26 17:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday condemned the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, offering condolences to the American people.
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[2026-04-26 17:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kwon Soon-woo captured the singles title at the ATP Gwangju Open Challenger on Saturday, becoming the first South Korean player to win the tournament since its inception in 2016.
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[2026-04-26 17:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s professional baseball league has surpassed 2 million total spectators in record-fast fashion, underscoring the continued surge in popularity of the sport this season.
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[2026-04-26 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday called political violence a "grave threat" to democracy that cannot be justified under any circumstances, following a shooting at the White House correspondents' dinner.
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[2026-04-26 16:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Yoon I-na held onto a top-five position through the third round of the LPGA Tour’s first major of the season, the Chevron Championship.
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[2026-04-26 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Former MVP-winning slugger Park Byung-ho was feted in an emotional retirement ceremony Sunday held by the club with whom he enjoyed the most success.
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[2026-04-26 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Sunday nominated three-term lawmaker Rep. Choo Kyung-ho as its candidate for the mayor of Daegu, a major conservative stronghold, for the upcoming June 3 local elections.
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[2026-04-26 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- The San Diego Padres have called up their new South Korean signing, Song Sung-mun, from the minor leagues for their Mexico City Series.
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[2026-04-26 16:17 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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[2026-04-26 16:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Demis Hassabis, the co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind and known as the architect behind AlphaGo, will visit Seoul this week to reunite with Go grandmaster Lee Se-dol, marking a decade since their landmark human-AI Go match, according to industry sources Sunday.
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[2026-04-26 16:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Structural slowdown deepens as rate is seen falling to fresh lows
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