Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-24 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened lower Friday as investors attempted to cash in recent gains amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-07-24 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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[2026-07-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-07-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will maintain reduced fuel tax rates through the end of September, the finance ministry said Friday, amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Everland Midsummer Night Firefly Festival
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[2026-07-24 09:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The government will maintain close communication with the United States over Washington's recent decision to keep South Korea on its list of countries monitored for their foreign exchange policies, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The country's financial regulator on Friday said investors' minimum deposit requirement for a single-stock leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs) will be hiked starting later this month.
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[2026-07-24 09:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS lead, para 2; ADDS more details in paras 4-8)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-07-24 09:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday announced its final decision to impose new tariffs of up to 12.5 percent on South Korea, Japan and 58 other trading partners over forced labor concerns.
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[2026-07-24 09:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Director Lee Chang-dong's "Possible Love" has been officially invited to compete for the Golden Lion at this year's prestigious Venice International Film Festival.
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[2026-07-24 09:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Monthly spending by foreign tourists in South Korea reached a record high of over 1.4 trillion won ($913 million) in May, marking the third consecutive month foreign spending surpassed 1 trillion won, data showed.
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[2026-07-24 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Manipulated turnout data deepen election concernsA joint police-prosecutor investigation found Gyeonggi election officials allegedly changed June 3 turnout figures without approval, deepening concerns over election oversight.
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[2026-07-24 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Mayor Oh's guilty verdictOh ruling should prompt reform, not political point-scoring
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[2026-07-24 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Hidden breachLeak of diplomatic data exposes failures that no software patch alone can repair
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[2026-07-24 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on July 24.
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[2026-07-24 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday announced its final decision to impose up to 12.5 percent tariffs on South Korea, Japan and other trading partners over forced labor concerns.
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[2026-07-24 07:17 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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[2026-07-24 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The United States has kept South Korea on its list of countries to monitor for their foreign exchange policies, a Treasury Department report showed Thursday.
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[2026-07-24 06:13 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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[2026-07-24 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES dateline; ADDS byline, photos; UPDATES throughout)By Choi Kyong-Ae and Song Sang-ho
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[2026-07-24 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-24 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel said Thursday that she will depart for Seoul next week, as she highlighted the task of strengthening the Seoul-Washington alliance as her "top priority."
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[2026-07-24 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday stressed the importance of producing tangible results from shipbuilding cooperation with South Korea, pledging to help address regulatory roadblocks that Korean enterprises may face in the United States.
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[2026-07-24 03:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel on Thursday hailed South Korea's shipbuilding cooperation with the United States as an expansion of the bilateral alliance into a "new" and "important" territory, stressing that reinforcing the alliance is her "top priority."
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[2026-07-24 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: MANILA, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has called for faster progress in discussions with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on security issues, including Seoul's efforts to develop nuclear-powered submarines and secure rights for uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing, a senior Seoul official said Thursday.
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[2026-07-24 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Palestinian Authority has increased lobbying to have the historic archaeological site of Sebastia recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site ahead of a debate in South Korea later this month, a move that the Foreign Ministry claimed on Wednesday is politically motivated and posed a threat to the ancient ruins.
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[2026-07-24 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have opened the Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Center (KUSPC) in Washington to facilitate US$150 billion in investment under the bilateral "MASGA" initiative aimed at helping revive the U.S. shipbuilding industry, the trade ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 23:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead with latest; ADDS more details in paras 2-4, 12-16)By Oh Seok-min
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[2026-07-23 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Ha Ju-suk, former No. 1 overall draft pick in South Korean baseball, was traded Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 22:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Thursday called on North Korea to respond to Seoul's offers for dialogue and join efforts to promote peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula at a regional security forum in Manila, the foreign ministry said.
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[2026-07-23 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong and China also discovered on Thursday who they will face in the men’s and women’s football group stages at the Asian Games
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[2026-07-23 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Aleksandar Jankovic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong and China also discovered on Thursday who they will face in the men’s and women’s football group stages at the Asian Games
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[2026-07-23 21:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A ceremony marking the return of a pair of Qing Dynasty stone lion statues from a Seoul museum to the Chinese government took place Thursday, officials said.
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[2026-07-23 21:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to change the email addresses of its diplomats after a cyberattack on the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) exposed some of the personal information of all of its diplomats.
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[2026-07-23 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS East Asia Summit meeting in last 6 paras)By Oh Seok-min
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[2026-07-23 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry plans to change all diplomats' email addresses to prevent potential misuse following a data breach at an affiliated think tank, according to people close to the matter Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- A ceremony marking the return of a pair of Qing Dynasty stone lion statues from a Seoul museum to the Chinese government took place Thursday, officials said.
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[2026-07-23 20:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A three-way leadership race for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea was confirmed Thursday, after two of the five candidates dropped out.
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[2026-07-23 20:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Thursday the government has shifted away from a policy focused on the denuclearization of North Korea, instead pointing to peace as a precondition to resuming stalled talks with Pyongyang.
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[2026-07-23 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The long-term goal of denuclearisation remains unchanged but stymieing new developments will be South Korea’s focus
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[2026-07-23 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The long-term goal of denuclearisation remains unchanged but stymieing new developments will be South Korea’s focus
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[2026-07-23 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The Kiwoom Heroes took their injured starting pitcher Raul Alcantara off their active roster Thursday, as they await further tests on his ailing right elbow.
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[2026-07-23 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A Hyundai Motor production line in South Korea. The automaker's output in the second quarter was hit by a fire at an engine valve supplier. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Suzu Takahashi and Kotaro Hosokawa)
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[2026-07-23 19:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Dismissed workers from Korea Optical High-Tech, who staged a 600-day rooftop protest after the company shut its fire-damaged plant, suffered another legal setback Thursday as an appeals court rejected their claim that another Nitto Denko affiliate should have taken over their employment.
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[2026-07-23 19:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that Korea would need to triple its property holding tax rate to meet levels in other advanced economies, but warned that such a sharp increase would face strong public resistance.
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[2026-07-23 19:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korean appeals court on Thursday acquitted a woman who had been convicted of murder after undergoing a late-term abortion, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove she knew the baby would be born alive and then killed by medical staff.
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[2026-07-23 19:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: IKEA Korea opened its first store in Incheon on Wednesday, expanding its urban-format outlet strategy as the Swedish home furnishings retailer broadens its offline footprint in major cities.
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[2026-07-23 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Marvel's web-slinging franchise swings into Korea on July 29 with nearly half of all ticket bookings already locked up
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[2026-07-23 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; ADDS women's draws, coaches' comments)By Yoo Jee-ho
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[2026-07-23 18:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Thursday the government has shifted away from a policy focused on the denuclearization of North Korea, instead pointing to peace as a precondition to resuming stalled talks with Pyongyang.
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