Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-16 16:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Iran war is "serving as a significant turning point" for South Korea to shift to renewable energy and away from oil, the country's energy minister said.
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[2026-04-16 16:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Thursday sought a two-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of giving false testimony during former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's insurrection trial.
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[2026-04-16 16:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Shin Hyun-song's portfolio shows broad global diversification beyond US markets
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[2026-04-16 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) S. Korea secures 273 mln barrels of crude oil, 2.1 mln tons of naphtha by year-end: presidential aide
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[2026-04-16 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) S. Korea secures 273 mln barrels of crude oil, 2.1 mln tons of naphtha by year-end: presidential aide
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[2026-04-16 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) S. Korea secures 273 mln barrels of crude oil, 2.1 mln tons of naphtha by year-end: presidential aide
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[2026-04-16 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung is set to embark on a two-nation trip to India and Vietnam next week for summit talks, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 15:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (LEAD) S. Korea secures 273 mln barrels of crude oil, 2.1 mln tons of naphtha by year-end: presidential aide
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[2026-04-16 15:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Fewer bathhouses, higher energy costs and aging households fuel local response as experts call for welfare role
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[2026-04-16 15:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: iPhone demand, BOE setback shift orders to Korean panel suppliers
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[2026-04-16 15:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: ‘Ban in principle’ rule to take effect by June with strict exceptions
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[2026-04-16 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) Co., the shipbuilding subholding company of HD Hyundai Co., said Thursday it has secured two contracts to build four vessels worth a combined 745.1 billion won (US$506 million).
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[2026-04-16 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- HD Hyundai Electric Co., a South Korean electric equipment manufacturer, said Thursday it plans to supply a high capacity, eco-friendly transformer that uses biodegradable oil to National Grid Plc of Britain.
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[2026-04-16 15:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hana Bank said Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Next Securities to improve the trading environment for overseas investors in Korea’s stock market.
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[2026-04-16 15:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: W110b revamp doubles First Class space, lifts total seating to 1,566
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[2026-04-16 15:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Motor Group plans to open an interactive science museum in South Korea in 2032 in partnership with San Francisco’s Exploratorium, to be housed in its Global Business Complex in Seoul.
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[2026-04-16 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) said Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with its Canadian counterpart to expand bilateral cooperation in the space sector.
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[2026-04-16 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- Kim Hye-seong of the Los Angeles Dodgers has gone deep for the first time this season.
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[2026-04-16 15:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-04-16 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign exchange market will stabilize once risks stemming from tensions in the Middle East are resolved, Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said.
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[2026-04-16 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has appointed Kang Chang-il, a former South Korean ambassador to Japan, as senior vice chair of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council (KUAC), a senior aide said Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1880 -- Japan sets up a legation in Korea.
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[2026-04-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- The country's financial regulator said on Thursday it will move to revamp capital regulations on banks and insurers in order to prod them to play a key role in boosting productive finance amid woes over the fallout from the Middle East crisis.
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[2026-04-16 14:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hoda Niku, a model and YouTuber who placed third in the 2018 Miss Iran competition, voiced strong opposition to the South Korean government’s decision to provide $500,000 in humanitarian aid to Iran.
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[2026-04-16 14:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Landmark sales reflect growing focus on premium titles for Western markets
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[2026-04-16 14:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- The value of equity-linked bonds converted into stocks during the first quarter more than quadrupled from a year earlier amid the local stock market's bullish run, industry data showed Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will set up their training camp ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Salt Lake City in the United States in May, in preparation for group stage matches to be played in the high altitudes of Mexico.
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[2026-04-16 14:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Ministry of Education said Thursday it is working with the National Institute for International Education to prevent leaks of the Test of Proficiency in Korean, or TOPIK, exam answers, after reports of Chinese brokers selling them online.
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[2026-04-16 14:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dealers talk near the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a dealing room of Hana Bank, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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[2026-04-16 14:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Violinist Danny Koo, known for his wide-ranging work across classical, jazz and pop, will mark the 10th anniversary of his Korean debut with a special recital in Seoul this summer.
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[2026-04-16 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK's 2020 single "Ice Cream" topped 1 billion views on YouTube on Thursday, its management agency said.
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[2026-04-16 14:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's fuel consumption has decreased since the country implemented a price cap system, an industry ministry official said Thursday, dispelling concerns that the system may push up crude consumption amid supply disruptions caused by the Middle Eastern crisis.
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[2026-04-16 14:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Ever wondered what connects K-pop to centuries-old traditions, or what lies behind Korea’s sense of beauty?
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[2026-04-16 14:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Group draws strong crowd response at major events in Yokohama, Seoul and Bangkok, with Japan promotions ahead
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[2026-04-16 14:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s most solemn royal rite, the Jongmyo Daeje, will be held May 3 at Jongmyo Shrine, with expanded seating and live broadcasts aimed at bringing the centuries-old ceremony closer to the public.
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[2026-04-16 14:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean game developer Devsisters said Thursday its flagship franchise CookieRun will open its first US retail pop-up in New York, tapping growing demand from Western fans.
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[2026-04-16 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade watchdog on Thursday made a preliminary decision to impose anti-dumping tariffs on cold-rolled steel products imported from China, citing damage to the local industry.
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[2026-04-16 13:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Embassy of Tajikistan in Seoul on Wednesday called for closer cooperation with South Korea on global water challenges ahead of a UN-linked conference.
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[2026-04-16 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- Naver Corp., South Korea's largest internet portal operator, has corrected biased information about Africa in its online encyclopedia at the request of a nongovernmental organization, the agency said Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 13:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Thursday it will introduce measures to help parents from migrant backgrounds better navigate South Korea’s school system, including seminars, multilingual guides and counseling services.
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[2026-04-16 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- The proportion of South Korean exports settled in the local currency reached an all-time high in 2025, driven by rising exports of items that typically have higher won-based settlement shares, central bank data showed Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 12:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a ruling that ordered steelmaker POSCO to directly hire over 200 subcontract workers who worked for the company for more than two years.
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[2026-04-16 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- In the comedy drama "Mismatch," Bong-su (Oh Dae-hwan) has long felt like a burden to his family following a failed business venture. With him on the sidelines, his wife, Sung-hye (Oh Yoon-ah), stepped up as the breadwinner and eventually built a small wallpaper company from the ground up.
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[2026-04-16 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's main bourse operator said Thursday it is set to review a bio firm, whose stocks rallied recently amid hype over its weight-loss drugs and oral insulin, to determine whether the firm violated disclosure regulations.
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[2026-04-16 12:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Hyundai Electric said Thursday it has completed final approval testing for a 400-kilovolt, 460-megavolt-ampere eco-friendly transformer, the largest of its kind ever built in Korea by capacity.
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[2026-04-16 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- Conservative YouTuber Jeon Han-gil appeared at a court Thursday to attend a hearing on his potential arrest on charges of defaming President Lee Jae Myung and Lee Jun-seok, leader of the minor New Reform Party.
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[2026-04-16 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's medium-term debt outlook has improved slightly compared with previous projections, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report said Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded sharply higher late Thursday morning amid hopes for a second round of peace talks between Washington and Tehran.
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[2026-04-16 12:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Park Jihoon is planning to hold shows in Seoul and Tokyo next month, announced agency YY Entertainment Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung called for bold innovations and structural reforms Thursday to address changes to the geopolitical landscape amid the war in the Middle East.
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