Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-18 15:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kan Hyeong-woo is a staff reporter at The Korea Herald, South Korea’s leading English-language daily. Based in Seoul, he covers technology, business and industry, with reporting spanning the gaming, construction, mobility, consumer and emerging technology sectors.Through his reporting, Kan examines the business implications of emerging technologies and the ways Korean companies are positioning themselves in an increasingly competitive global economy.
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[2026-09-18 15:54 UTC+10:00] [South Korea] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Seoul resolves recent speculation over sending military to strait of Hormuz, saying ‘there won’t be deployment that would involve or enter war’
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[2026-09-18 15:44 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: North Korea said U.S.-led military drills in the region only strengthen its resolve to expand its nuclear arsenal and “help” to boost its defense capabilities, warning of a more forceful response as tensions rise despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to revive diplomacy with Pyongyang.
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[2026-09-18 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more comments in last 3 paras)By Park Boram
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[2026-09-18 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s Exynos application processors (APs) accounted for 9 percent of global smartphone AP shipments in the second quarter, the highest level since the data was first compiled in 2024, industry data showed Friday.
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[2026-09-18 15:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Army soldier leaked materials related to Korea-US military exercises
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[2026-09-18 15:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Apple loyalists turn out for the Pro lineup as interest grows in its first foldable iPhone
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[2026-09-18 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Indonesia have agreed to expand partnerships in halal certification and support Korean companies' entry into the Southeast Asian country, Seoul's drug ministry said Friday.
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[2026-09-18 15:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday that United States President Donald Trump wants dialogue with Pyongyang and confirmed Seoul will not be deploying troops to intervene militarily in the Iran war.
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[2026-09-18 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline; MODIFIES Lee's remarks in 6th para; UPDATES with more details in paras 8, 11, 16-23; ADDS photo)By Park Boram
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[2026-09-18 15:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign investors were net buyers of Korean stocks in August for the first time this year, snapping a seven-month selling streak, though the level remained modest after heavy selloffs in previous months.
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[2026-09-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1980 -- South Korea and France sign a fishery accord.
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[2026-09-18 14:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Two-time Oscar winner to give master class at the 31st Busan International Film Festival
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[2026-09-18 14:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Study finds more than 1,300 earthquakes near Punggye-ri since the North’s sixth and most powerful nuclear test in 2017
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[2026-09-18 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- From playing through jet lag to taking shots at an unfamiliar court, South Korea dealt with challenges as it began the women's basketball tournament at the Asian Games against Malaysia on Friday.
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[2026-09-18 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea head coach Park Soo-ho said Friday his women's national basketball team will be just fine at the Asian Games in Japan despite missing two of its biggest stars.
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[2026-09-18 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Unexpected, prolonged seismic activity has been detected around North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site, notably after the regime's final and most powerful test in 2017, scientific experts said Friday.
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[2026-09-18 13:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and other parties on Friday proposed a resolution calling for the swift resumption of talks between North Korea and the United States and efforts to establish a permanent peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
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[2026-09-18 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in last 8 paras, photo)By Yoo Jee-ho
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[2026-09-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- The amount of payments made electronically in South Korea advanced by more than 12 percent in the first half of the year from a year earlier, central bank data showed Friday, as a growing number of people engaged in contact-free commerce.
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[2026-09-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea reported a public account deficit for the sixth straight year in 2025, and the shortfall widened from a year earlier, due to a rise in spending on public healthcare as well as increased transfers and subsidies to local governments, central bank data showed Friday.
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[2026-09-18 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has met with U.S. lawmakers in Washington and discussed bilateral relations and issues related to the Korean Peninsula and global security, the foreign ministry said Friday.
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[2026-09-18 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea overcame early shooting woes to defeat Malaysia 106-40 to start its women's basketball competition at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan on Friday.
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[2026-09-18 12:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's Vice Defense Minister Kim Kang-il has reaffirmed his country's nuclear program at a defense forum in China, calling it "self-defensive," Pyongyang's state media reported Friday.
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[2026-09-18 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung on Friday ruled out the possibility of South Korea's direct or indirect involvement in the war in the Middle East, saying any part the country plays will have no connection to combat.
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[2026-09-18 12:45 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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[2026-09-18 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said that he would not deploy any military assets to the Middle East that could potentially draw Seoul into conflict amid the war on Iran.
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[2026-09-18 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks were trading sharply higher late Friday morning as investors snapped up market heavyweights amid eased inflation woes.
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[2026-09-18 12:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kan Hyeong-woo is a staff reporter at The Korea Herald, South Korea’s leading English-language daily. Based in Seoul, he covers technology, business and industry, with reporting spanning the gaming, construction, mobility, consumer and emerging technology sectors.Through his reporting, Kan examines the business implications of emerging technologies and the ways Korean companies are positioning themselves in an increasingly competitive global economy.
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[2026-09-18 12:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Reports of adverse events following the use of Wegovy and Mounjaro have reached 1,780 in Korea as prescriptions for the weight-loss drugs have surged, government data showed Friday.
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[2026-09-18 12:21 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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[2026-09-18 11:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign visitors will be able to pay for rides on Seoul buses by tapping the contactless credit or debit cards they use at home, without buying or topping up a local transit card.
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[2026-09-18 11:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Seoul court was set to hold hearings Friday to decide whether to issue arrest warrants for eight current and former executives of domestic petrochemical companies suspected of fixing prices of products for several years, resulting in massive illicit profits for their companies.
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[2026-09-18 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating dropped to 37 percent, hitting a new low for the fourth consecutive week since he took office in June last year, a poll showed Friday.
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[2026-09-18 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- The number of teenagers who received treatment or counseling for gambling problems surged by more than 40 percent last year, data showed Friday.
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[2026-09-18 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's four-year prison sentence for a former Army soldier who was indicted for leaking military secrets, including materials related to joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises, to China, judicial officials said Friday.
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[2026-09-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court was set to hold hearings Friday to decide whether to issue arrest warrants for eight current and former executives of domestic petrochemical companies suspected of fixing prices of products for several years, resulting in massive illicit profits for their companies.
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[2026-09-18 10:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Rose of K-pop supergroup BLACKPINK released her new single "New Trick" on Friday, her agency said.
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[2026-09-18 10:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks opened sharply higher Friday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street as falling oil prices and the Federal Reserve's rate hike eased inflation woes.
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[2026-09-18 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has designated a town in the southwestern county of Yeonggwang as a special disaster zone eligible for government support after torrential rains battered the region, a presidential spokesperson said Friday.
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[2026-09-18 10:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES para 2; ADDS details in bottom; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-09-18 10:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will extend its fuel tax cut scheme by another two months through November to ease price burdens on the public amid protracted tensions in the Middle East, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-09-18 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened sharply higher Friday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street as falling oil prices and the Federal Reserve's rate hike eased inflation woes.
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[2026-09-18 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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[2026-09-18 09:57 UTC+10:00] [El Niño southern oscillation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: From Sri Lanka to South Korea, governments are preparing for droughts, wildfires, typhoons and floods – with climate plans facing their biggest challenge to date
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[2026-09-18 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- The finance minister on Friday vowed to make diplomatic efforts and diversify import sources to address recent energy price volatility amid geopolitical uncertainties in the Middle East.
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[2026-09-18 09:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung was set to hold a press conference Friday to address pending issues in an apparent attempt to resuscitate his approval ratings that have fallen to their lowest level amid controversies surrounding government policies.
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[2026-09-18 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) and its Tajikistani counterpart signed a memorandum of understanding on financial information exchanges to combat money laundering activities, the country's financial regulator said Friday.
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[2026-09-18 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will extend its fuel tax cut scheme by another two months through November to ease price burdens on the public amid protracted tensions in the Middle East, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-09-18 08:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- China may not block the resumption of diplomacy between the United States and North Korea but is unlikely to play a "central" role in their reengagement, a former senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday, ahead of the upcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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