Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-17 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Jung Hai-ung, the foreign ministry's special envoy to the Republic of the Congo, has attended the inauguration ceremony of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, the foreign ministry said Friday.
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[2026-04-17 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry's website briefly went down Friday following a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack before being restored, the ministry said.
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[2026-04-17 21:49 UTC+10:00] [South Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Nine-day search for two-year-old Neukgu gripped nation and sparked safety concerns for animal and public
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[2026-04-17 21:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The average price of gasoline in South Korea reached 2,000 won (US$1.35) per liter for the first time in three years and nine months Friday, amid developments surrounding U.S.–Iran peace talks.
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[2026-04-17 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Acting Prosecutor General Koo Ja-hyeon said Friday an ongoing parliamentary investigation into the prosecution's handling of a high-profile property development scandal should not influence trials.
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[2026-04-17 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- An appellate court has referred SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won's divorce settlement case to court mediation after the top court remanded it to the appellate court for retrial, sources said Friday.
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[2026-04-17 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aim is to see races held on 5km street circuit in the city of Incheon, with hopes to draw up to 400,000 visitors over three-day race weekend
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[2026-04-17 19:59 UTC+10:00] [Korean Grand Prix] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aim is to see races held on 5km street circuit in the city of Incheon, with hopes to draw up to 400,000 visitors over three-day race weekend
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[2026-04-17 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Cheongung-II has reportedly achieved a 96.7% intercept rate against Iranian drones and ballistic missiles
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[2026-04-17 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Egypt] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Cheongung-II has reportedly achieved a 96.7% intercept rate against Iranian drones and ballistic missiles
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[2026-04-17 18:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hanwha Solutions has scaled back its planned rights offering from 2.4 trillion won to 1.8 trillion won ($1.6 billion to $1.2 billion), after facing scrutiny from South Korea’s financial regulator, the company said Friday.
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[2026-04-17 18:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: KIT World said Thursday it had reached an agreement with US financial institutions and investors on the overall investment terms for its “KIT World Project” in Yeongjongdo, Incheon.
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[2026-04-17 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom, new photo)
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[2026-04-17 18:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Financial Services Commission on Friday unveiled an 80 trillion won ($54 billion) support package for the steel industry, seeking to contain fallout from war in the Middle East before it spreads to sectors such as machinery and electronics.
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[2026-04-17 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: (Orange Milk)The Korean American musician explores the unease and alarm of power imbalance using skittish melodies, nursery rhymes – and an unexpected Taylor Swift sample
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[2026-04-17 17:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — South Korea's biggest K-pop agencies are in talks to join forces on a global music festival that could bring together the industry's top stars, in what some local media have billed as a Korean version of the United States music festival Coachella.
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[2026-04-17 17:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Bahrain exchanged letters between their top diplomats to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, the foreign ministry said Friday.
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[2026-04-17 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Park Hae-young, the acclaimed writer behind "My Mister" and "My Liberation Notes" is back, this time with yet another tender story about the quiet courage it takes to tell someone that they matter, and the profound healing that follows when they finally allow themselves to believe it.
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[2026-04-17 17:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday welcomed the ceasefire agreed between Israel and Lebanon, voicing hope that the move will help bring stability in the Middle East and advance peace talks between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-17 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Exchange (KRX) said Friday it has changed some of the rules related to penny stocks subject to potential delisting under its tightened delisting rules set to take effect this year.
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[2026-04-17 17:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks ended a three-session winning streak Friday on profit-hunting as investors sat on the sidelines amid diplomatic moves for a possible second round of US-Iran peace talks. The local currency fell against the US dollar.
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[2026-04-17 17:15 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-17 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The following are key developments regarding North Korea this week.
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[2026-04-17 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this week.
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[2026-04-17 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week.
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[2026-04-17 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.
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[2026-04-17 16:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean drugmaker eyes $155m market in Southeast Asian country
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[2026-04-17 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended a three-session winning streak Friday on profit-hunting as investors sat on the sidelines amid diplomatic moves for a possible second round of U.S.-Iran peace talks. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-04-17 16:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — The sound of tinkling bells drifts through an alley in central Seoul, an unmistakable sign that a shaman is near -- although in this case the mystic is a robot powered by artificial intelligence.
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[2026-04-17 16:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: OpenAI said Friday that its generative artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT now supports Korea’s widely used HWP and HWPX document formats, allowing users to upload and analyze files without conversion.
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[2026-04-17 16:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The chiefs of South Korea’s four largest conglomerates, Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor and LG, are set to visit India and Vietnam next week as part of a business delegataion accompanying President Lee Jae Myung’s visit to the two countries.
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[2026-04-17 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday argued the tech giant may lose up to 30 trillion won (US$20.3 billion) in profit this year alone should it go ahead with its walkout as planned.
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[2026-04-17 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's financial regulator said Friday that banks and state-run lenders will provide a set of financial support packages to the Middle East crisis-hit companies to ease their financial burdens and potential liquidity shortage.
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[2026-04-17 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac held talks with the European Union (EU)'s top trade negotiator Friday to discuss strengthening economic security cooperation amid energy market uncertainties stemming from the Middle East conflict, Cheong Wa Dae said.
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[2026-04-17 16:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Dubai branch to anchor global expansion through AI and content ventures
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[2026-04-17 16:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS separate meetings with global counterparts in last 6 paras, additional photo)
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[2026-04-17 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Police said Friday they have booked the manager of SPC Samlip Co.'s bread factory in Siheung, just southwest of Seoul, and three other officials in connection to an accident in which workers' fingers were severed last week.
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[2026-04-17 16:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., South Korea's leading shipbuilder, said Friday it has secured a 674.7 billion-won (US$456 million) contract to build four gas carriers for a Middle East-based client.
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[2026-04-17 16:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Human-derived materials in South Korea’s aesthetics industry are attracting criticism, as companies launch extracellular matrix skin boosters made from donated human skin.
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[2026-04-17 16:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: In South Korea, social media content offering tips on how to marry a doctor is gaining traction — and drawing backlash for portraying marriage as primarily about money.
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[2026-04-17 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan visited the country's central region Friday and discussed ways to promote balanced regional development by nurturing cutting-edge industries across the country, his office said.
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[2026-04-17 16:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The deputy commander of the United Nations Command (UNC) has hosted a delegation of permanent representatives to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at the Joint Security Area within the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Friday.
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[2026-04-17 16:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The unusually warm early spring weather has sparked speculation that South Korea could face a long rainy season and extreme heat later this summer, as daytime highs in Seoul climbed to 28 degrees Celsius this week.
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[2026-04-17 15:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Google said Friday it has removed 175.5 million policy-violating ads in South Korea last year, as the US tech giant stepped up enforcement using its artificial intelligence model Gemini.
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[2026-04-17 15:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A hanbok fashion show unfolds on a space station-like stage set along the “king’s road”: a DJ mixes traditional Korean music with electronic dance beats, dancers join hands and move in a widening circle to a hip-hop rhythm as they sing “Ganggangsullae.”
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[2026-04-17 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: REWRITES headline; ADDS details, remarks throughout, photo)
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[2026-04-17 15:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol has urged major economies to work together to bolster global supply chains and reinforce economic resilience amid the Middle East crisis, according to his office Friday.
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[2026-04-17 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: GWACHEON, South Korea, April 17 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team raided the Coast Guard's offices Friday, reopening an investigation into the agency's suspected involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid in 2024.
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[2026-04-17 15:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Singer-actor returns to Korea after two years as part of global tour
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[2026-04-17 15:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korea-owned vessel has departed from the Red Sea, the first Korean ship to use it as an alternative route to transport crude oil amid the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the government said Friday.
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