Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-12 10:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea has sent a new ambassador to Belarus, Pyongyang's state media reported Sunday, in a sign of deepening bilateral ties following Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's visit to Pyongyang last month.
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[2026-04-12 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has sent a new ambassador to Belarus, Pyongyang's state media reported Sunday, in a sign of deepening bilateral ties following Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's visit to Pyongyang last month.
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[2026-04-12 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's drive for nuclear-powered submarines and Australia's program for the vessels are separate but moving in parallel, with both needing to ensure international trust in their peaceful nature, the top Australian envoy has said.
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[2026-04-12 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- The Navy is considering assigning the hull numbers of two decommissioned Chamsuri-class patrol boats to next-generation high-speed patrol ships in a bid to honor their role in naval skirmishes against North Korea in the Yellow Sea, a Seoul lawmaker said Sunday.
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[2026-04-12 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un voiced support for China’s push to build a “multipolar world” and called for deeper ties between the traditional allies during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, state media said Saturday.
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[2026-04-12 00:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States is starting the process of clearing out the crucial Strait of Hormuz "as a favor" to South Korea, China, Japan and other countries that rely on the waterway for energy imports.
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[2026-04-11 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- A stadium in South Korea burst into a vibrant wave of purple lights Saturday as K-pop megastar BTS made its return for a world tour, concluding a yearslong hiatus prompted by mandatory military service.
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[2026-04-11 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The latest propaganda campaign from a radical New York City-based pro-North Korea nonprofit bizarrely pitches the Hermit Kingdom as a utopia where housing is free.
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[2026-04-11 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel has criticised South Korea’s president for sharing video of violence against Palestinians by the Israeli army. That’s after Lee Jae Myung raised concerns about documented abuses committed by Israeli forces.
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[2026-04-11 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Thursday its testing spree this week involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, as it pushes to expand nuclear-capable forces aimed at rival South Korea.
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[2026-04-11 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- About 500 admission wristbands were stolen at a BTS concert venue in the city of Goyang on Saturday, police said.
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[2026-04-11 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Park Heong-joon, the incumbent mayor of Busan seeking a third term in the June 3 local elections, has been selected as the main opposition People Power Party's (PPP) candidate for mayor of the southeastern port city, the party said Saturday.
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[2026-04-11 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un voiced support for China’s push to build a “multipolar world” and called for deeper ties between the traditional allies during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, state media said Saturday.
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[2026-04-11 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un voiced support for China’s push to build a “multipolar world” and called for deeper ties between the traditional allies during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, state media said Saturday.
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[2026-04-11 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Bathhouses report record-high numbers of foreign visitors as tourists embrace Korea's sauna and scrub culture
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[2026-04-11 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Athletes] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-11 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The video purportedly shows Israeli soldiers torturing and pushing a ‘Palestinian kid’ off a roof
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[2026-04-11 16:21 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The video purportedly shows Israeli soldiers torturing and pushing a ‘Palestinian kid’ off a roof
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[2026-04-11 15:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean government on Saturday expressed regret over a statement issued by the Israeli foreign ministry criticizing South Korean president Lee Jae Myung’s recent post on X, saying the remarks had been misunderstood.
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[2026-04-11 15:41 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday accused Israel of failing to "reflect" on allegations of rights abuses by its forces, after Israel decried him for amplifying social media "disinformation."
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[2026-04-11 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry expressed regret Saturday over what it described as a "misunderstanding" by Israel of President Lee Jae Myung's remarks on the situation in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-11 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1950 -- South Koreans sweep the podium at the Boston Marathon, with Ham Kee-yong winning the prestigious marathon event.
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[2026-04-11 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En esta fotografía, proporcionada por el gobierno norcoreano, el gobernante Kim Jong Un (derecha) conversa con el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores chino, Wang Yi, el viernes 10 de abril de 2026, en Pyongyang, Corea del Norte. (Agencia Central de Noticias de Corea/Servicio de Noticias de Corea vía AP)
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[2026-04-11 14:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung clashed with Israel’s foreign ministry after it criticised a social media post in which he shared a 2024 video showing Israeli soldiers throwing a body from a rooftop in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-04-11 13:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: "The King's Warden" has become the second most-watched film in Korean cinema history, its distributor said Saturday.
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[2026-04-11 13:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has stressed the North places "top priority" on further developing traditional ties with China during his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, state media reported Saturday.
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[2026-04-11 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- "The King's Warden" has become the second most-watched film in Korean cinema history, its distributor said Saturday.
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[2026-04-11 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Cash assistance for the bottom 70 percent of income earners will begin being rolled out later this month, the government announced Saturday, as part of efforts to ease the financial strain caused by rising oil prices.
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[2026-04-11 11:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: REWRITES head, lead; ADDS more details throughout; CHANGES photos)
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[2026-04-11 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the North Korean government, leader Kim Jong Un, right, meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, April 10, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified.
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[2026-04-11 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on April 11.
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[2026-04-11 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and stressed the need for the two countries to further strengthen visits and contacts at various levels for the "multi-faceted" development of bilateral ties, Pyongyang's state media reported Saturday.
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[2026-04-11 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Korean romantic dramedies seem to follow a pattern, don’t they? Two people from different social circles, a meet-cute, lots of bickering, and then the two people fall in love. In Perfect Crown on Hulu, the two people doing all this are a member of a chaebol family that was born out of wedlock and a crown prince who hates the emptiness of being a royal.
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[2026-04-11 04:36 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-11 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — Discussions of the global artificial intelligence (AI) race typically focus on the contest between the two innovation leaders — the United States and China — with the rest of the world positioned effectively as spectators. But while the US and China are pushing the frontiers of AI development, from foundation models to advanced semiconductor design, they will not dictate the technology’s economic impact.
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[2026-04-11 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-04-11 01:11 UTC+10:00] [Global Risk-Reward Monitor] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-10 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The North Korean leader met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang on Friday as the two sides pledged further ‘practical cooperation’
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[2026-04-10 23:19 UTC+10:00] [denuclearisation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The North Korean leader met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang on Friday as the two sides pledged further ‘practical cooperation’
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[2026-04-10 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball league on Friday set a record for the fewest games played to reach 1 million in attendance.
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[2026-04-10 21:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The foreign ministry on Friday appointed former Ambassador to Kuwait Chung Byung-ha as its special envoy to Iran and will send him to Tehran soon to coordinate the safe passage of South Korean vessels and nationals amid the Middle East conflict, officials said.
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[2026-04-10 21:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Special tour for foreign visitors offers behind-the-scenes look at one of Seoul’s leading cultural venues
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[2026-04-10 21:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang on Friday, China's Xinhua News Agency reported.
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[2026-04-10 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Hybe's Latin American boy group Santos Bravos said Friday its experience with K-pop's rigorous training program taught it the true meaning of discipline and hard work.
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[2026-04-10 21:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea hosted the first meeting of senior officials from five Central Asian nations to discuss preparations for their upcoming summit slated for September, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
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[2026-04-10 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with leader Kim's meeting with Wang Yi)
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[2026-04-10 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-04-10 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ghana’s Mohammed Kudus celebrates after he scored his side’s second goal during the World Cup group H soccer match between South Korea and Ghana, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
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[2026-04-10 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea hosted the first meeting of senior officials from five Central Asian nations to discuss preparations for their upcoming summit slated for September, the foreign ministry said Friday.
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[2026-04-10 19:05 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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