Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-14 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Kim Min-seok instructed the government Tuesday to crack down on the spread of disinformation ahead of the June 3 local elections, calling it a challenge to democracy and a clear crime.
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[2026-04-14 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will attend a multilateral meeting this week on joint efforts to stabilize the Strait of Hormuz, including ways to ensure free and safe passage through the waterway in the event of an end to the Middle East conflict, officials said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 17:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Supplementary budget targets production slump, mid-budget gap, declining theater demand
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[2026-04-14 17:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS bond yields at bottom, new photo)
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[2026-04-14 17:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- Former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, met in a courtroom on Tuesday in their first reunion since July when Yoon was placed under custody over his failed martial law bid.
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[2026-04-14 17:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- Police on Tuesday applied for an arrest warrant against a high school senior detained on charges of attacking a teacher with a knife at a school in the central city of Gyeryong the previous day.
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[2026-04-14 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with details of envoys; ADDS byline) By Kim Eun-jung and Kim Seung-yeon
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[2026-04-14 17:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- Yeom Hye-ran believes even a film dealing with historical tragedies should find something, however slight, that is forward-looking.
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[2026-04-14 17:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks rose nearly 3 percent Tuesday to inch toward the 6,000-point mark on hopes for renewed negotiations between Washington and Tehran. The local currency sharply gained against the US dollar.
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[2026-04-14 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead with more info; ADDS details throughout)
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[2026-04-14 17:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Indian Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday honored Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the principal architect of the Indian Constitution and a towering figure in the country's social justice movement, commemorating the 136th anniversary of his birth.
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[2026-04-14 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A 90-year-old woman in South Korea has been sentenced to a year in jail for helping her son to launder profits from drug trafficking.
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[2026-04-14 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 4-5, from 8th para)
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[2026-04-14 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks rose nearly 3 percent Tuesday to inch toward the 6,000-point mark on hopes for renewed negotiations between Washington and Tehran. The local currency sharply gained against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-04-14 16:33 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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[2026-04-14 16:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s National Pension Service saw the value of its domestic equity holdings nearly triple over the past year, with more than half of the gains concentrated in two tech giants — Samsung Electronics and SK hynix.
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[2026-04-14 16:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Despite several recent high-profile accidents that claimed multiple lives, South Korea recorded its lowest number of workplace deaths in the first quarter since 2022, data showed Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 16:10 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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[2026-04-14 16:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Sometimes, a marriage breaks down beyond repair, leaving separation as the only option. Even relationships once strong enough to cross borders are no exception.
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[2026-04-14 16:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SDV set for 2027 launch, EV production to begin in Busan by 2028
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[2026-04-14 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- The second round of investment by the mega-sized Public Growth Fund will be mainly focused on the bio, display and mobility sectors, the financial regulator said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 15:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- The military will seek to acquire some 11,000 commercial drones for training by the end of this year, the defense ministry said Tuesday, as part of efforts to better utilize the cost-effective weapon system.
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[2026-04-14 15:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean police raided a factory in Hwaseong on Tuesday as part of an investigation into a workplace assault that left a Thai migrant worker seriously injured after being struck with compressed air equipment.
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[2026-04-14 15:57 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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[2026-04-14 15:54 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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[2026-04-14 15:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-04-14 15:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: AI, gender shifts intensify competition, weakening labor market attachment
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[2026-04-14 15:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- Cheong Wa Dae will open a bid this week for site development to build a branch of the presidential office in the administrative city of Sejong, with the goal of completing the project within President Lee Jae Myung's term, a senior aide said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 15:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LG AI Research said Tuesday it is teaming up with London Stock Exchange Group and Kiwoom Securities to launch an artificial intelligence-powered investment service that explains not only what to buy, but why — a first for Korea’s retail market.
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[2026-04-14 15:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CEO signals openness to setting up Korean entity as partnerships expand
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[2026-04-14 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korean state media have recently reported on leader Kim Jong-un's reference to the "one-China" principle for the first time in a sign that Pyongyang and Beijing are closely aligning, South Korea's unification ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- Renault Korea Co., the South Korean unit French automotive giant Renault S.A., plans to roll out new models annually through 2029 and begin producing its next-generation electric vehicles (EVs) at its Busan plant in 2028, its chief said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 15:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Seoul recital traces 'different faces of musical truth'
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[2026-04-14 15:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Taemin of Shinee delivered a commanding solo performance at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, becoming the first Korean male solo artist to perform an official solo set at the global music event.
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[2026-04-14 15:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: New season to pivot away from its signature slow-burn romance
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[2026-04-14 15:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-04-14 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1885 -- A British vessel patrolling East Asia occupies Geomun, a small island off the Korean Peninsula's south coast, on the pretext of blocking a southward expansion by Russia.
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[2026-04-14 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- The finance ministry held a video conference with officials stationed abroad Tuesday to review global policy responses amid heightened uncertainty over raw material prices and supply following the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-14 14:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- Electric vehicle (EV) charging costs will be reduced by up to 15 percent during afternoon hours on weekends starting this week, the climate ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 14:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A local delivery agency operator is under investigation for allegedly hiring dozens of foreign nationals without proper work visas and registering them under the names of Korean citizens, the Seoul Immigration Office said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 14:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korean court on Tuesday fined a 33-year-old driver 5 million won ($3,374) for fatally striking a man who was lying in the road at night.
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[2026-04-14 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- Major oil-producing countries in the Middle East have shown interest in using South Korea's crude oil storage facilities amid the prolonged conflict in their region, Seoul's senior industry ministry official said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lee Jae Myung’s clash was about more than human rights, analysts say – it was about energy security and sending a message to Donald Trump
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[2026-04-14 14:22 UTC+10:00] [Incheon National University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lee Jae Myung’s clash was about more than human rights, analysts say – it was about energy security and sending a message to Donald Trump
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[2026-04-14 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Tuesday that the foreign ministry has dispatched envoys to Algeria and Libya and is seeking to send additional envoys to secure alternative supply routes amid the Middle East crisis.
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[2026-04-14 13:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En esta imagen difundida por el gobierno de Corea del Norte, el mandatario Kim Jong Un, al centro, llega para observar el lanzamiento de prueba de misiles, el 12 de abril de 2026, en una ubicación desconocida de Corea del Norte. (Agencia Central de Noticias de Corea/Korea News Service vía AP)
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[2026-04-14 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A THAAD missile interceptor is seen in Seongju, South Korea, on June 13, 2017, left, and an Aegis destroyer is moored at the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Japan. (Source photos by Reuters and Konosuke Urata)
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[2026-04-14 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- Police on Tuesday raided a plating factory in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, where the owner allegedly fired an air gun at a foreign worker about two months ago, causing severe internal injuries.
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[2026-04-14 12:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The agricultural technology agency of Seoul said Tuesday it is recruiting 20 participants for this year's program to train experts in industries related to entomology.
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[2026-04-14 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- Son Ah-seop, the career hits leader in South Korean baseball, has been traded.
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