Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-02 13:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Scuffles broke out among protesters outside the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southern Seoul on Thursday, hours before an on-site inspection by a parliamentary special committee investigating ballot shortages that marred the June 3 local elections.
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[2026-07-02 12:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of pharmaceuticals surpassed US$10 billion for the first time last year, while production of such products also climbed to a new record high, government data showed Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 12:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Army vowed Thursday to step up safety and medical measures for regular reservist training, following the death of a reservist during a night drill north of Seoul in May.
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[2026-07-02 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung vowed Thursday to turn the central Chungcheong provinces into the global center of artificial intelligence (AI)-led innovation as he promoted the government's plan to support large-scale facility investment in the region.
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[2026-07-02 12:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea’s current population of 51.8 million is expected to shrink by almost a third to 36.2 million by 2072
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[2026-07-02 12:36 UTC+10:00] [labour crunch] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea’s current population of 51.8 million is expected to shrink by almost a third to 36.2 million by 2072
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[2026-07-02 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- The Army vowed Thursday to step up safety and medical measures for regular reservist training, following the death of a reservist during a night drill north of Seoul in May.
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[2026-07-02 12:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: New tracks expand K-Tech Pass, offering long-term stay, education, housing and tax benefits to foreign tech professionals
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[2026-07-02 12:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: By the Korean Food Promotion Institute
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[2026-07-02 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened sharply lower but pared earlier losses to trade nearly 3 percent lower late Thursday morning, as an overnight selloff in U.S. semiconductor stocks pressured Korean chipmakers.
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[2026-07-02 12:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Boy group Close Your Eyes was chosen for Billboard Korea’s artist project, its agency Uncore said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 12:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A disability rights advocacy group resumed its subway boarding protest in Seoul on Thursday, following a six-month hiatus.
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[2026-07-02 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), South Korea's largest genre film fest, will kick off its 11-day run Thursday with a record 321 films, organizers said.
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[2026-07-02 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- A disability rights advocacy group resumed its subway boarding protest in Seoul on Thursday, following a six-month hiatus.
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[2026-07-02 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Negotiations on having South Korean tour players compete at an LPGA tournament on their home soil have fallen through, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-07-02 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details throughout)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-07-02 11:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A body believed to be that of a man killed by his live-in partner in northern Seoul earlier this year was found in the Namhan River in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, authorities said.
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[2026-07-02 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lee Geon Hui looks at a computer screen as a video clip shows a digital likeness of his late grandfather speaking at Seoul-based tech firm Vaice, South Korea, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-02 11:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: After seven years and 16 successful rescues across South Korea, fire rescue dog Chungseong officially retired on Wednesday and joined his adoptive family.
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[2026-07-02 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- An industrywide 392 trillion-won (US$252.5 billion) investment will be injected into the central Chungcheong area, including high bandwidth memory (HBM) fabs and packaging facilities by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix, as part of the government's drive to spread artificial intelligence (AI)-led growth, the industry ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 11:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won rose slightly against the U.S. dollar Thursday, after remarks by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh that inflation expectations had moderated.
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[2026-07-02 11:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Inflation is expected to ease in July from the previous month, supported by the government's efforts to stabilize consumer prices and lower crude oil prices following eased tensions in the Middle East, the central bank said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS BOK response, details throughout, photos)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-07-02 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plummeted more than 7% in early Thursday trading, dragging down South Korea's benchmark Kospi after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slumped overnight.
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[2026-07-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Thursday the government should focus on reining in inflation, after data showed that the country's consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in 30 months last month due to the lingering impact of the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-07-02 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday highlighted its military achievements during the 1950-53 Korean War in a move seen as aimed at bolstering the regime's unity ahead of the 73rd anniversary of the armistice signing.
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[2026-07-02 10:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Motor Co., BYD Korea, Mercedes-Benz Korea and three other automakers will voluntarily recall more than 146,000 vehicles in South Korea to fix defective components, the transport ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 10:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks opened sharply lower Thursday as a sell-off of US semiconductor shares weighed on market sentiment, while investors assessed fresh remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh.
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[2026-07-02 10:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with latest details in paras 2-4, 8-11; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-07-02 10:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A US House committee on Wednesday released a report accusing South Korea of "discriminatory attacks" on e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. and other American companies, claiming the Asian country's treatment of them violates last year's bilateral trade deal.
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[2026-07-02 10:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hanwha Ocean Co. said Thursday it has been selected as the preferred bidder for South Korea's next-generation Navy destroyer project worth 7.8 trillion won ($5.1 billion).
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[2026-07-02 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Thursday activated a sell-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) as the index tumbled on heavy selling in semiconductor shares.
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[2026-07-02 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (LEAD) (World Cup) S. Korea lose to South Africa to finish 3rd in group; knockout status in limbo
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[2026-07-02 10:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's consumer prices rose more than 3 percent from a year earlier for two straight months in June, reflecting the lingering impact of the Middle East war on supply chains and oil prices, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened sharply lower Thursday as a sell-off of U.S. semiconductor shares weighed on market sentiment, while investors assessed fresh remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh.
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[2026-07-02 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (LEAD) (World Cup) S. Korea lose to South Africa to finish 3rd in group; knockout status in limbo
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[2026-07-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ukraine wants weapons in exchange for the soldiers, but analysts say South Korea fears provoking Russia and Pyongyang
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[2026-07-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ukraine wants weapons in exchange for the soldiers, but analysts say South Korea fears provoking Russia and Pyongyang
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[2026-07-02 09:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Ocean Co. said Thursday it has been selected as the preferred bidder for South Korea's next-generation Navy destroyer project worth 7.8 trillion won (US$5.1 billion).
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[2026-07-02 09:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Song Sung-mun has hit his first home run in Major League Baseball.
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[2026-07-02 09:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: HWASEONG, South Korea, July 2 (Yonhap) -- About an hour's drive from Hyundai Motor Group's headquarters in southern Seoul lies the Namyang R&D Center, a sprawling campus where engineers design vehicles, build prototypes and put them through rigorous testing on an extensive proving ground.
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[2026-07-02 09:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Group said Thursday its sales in the United States reached a record high in the first half of the year, driven by strong demand for hybrid vehicles.
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[2026-07-02 09:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details throughout)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-07-02 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., BYD Korea, Mercedes-Benz Korea and three other automakers will voluntarily recall more than 146,000 vehicles in South Korea to fix defective components, the transport ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, July 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices rose more than 3 percent from a year earlier for two straight months in June, reflecting the lingering impact of the Middle East war on supply chains and oil prices, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (LEAD) (World Cup) S. Korea lose to South Africa to finish 3rd in group; knockout status in limbo
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[2026-07-02 09:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul ranked as the world’s 12th-richest city by ultra-high-net-worth population last year, posting the fastest growth among major cities amid the AI investment boom and a rally in technology stocks.
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[2026-07-02 08:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- A leakage of heavy water from a nuclear reactor in the southeastern region of the country occurred earlier in the week, with no issue related to radiation having been detected, nuclear safety officials said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: The three service academies should not be merged in a rush
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