Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-01 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. private equity giant KKR will take management control of a new $1.3 billion renewable energy platform in South Korea, deepening its bet on growing demand for clean power from chipmakers and artificial intelligence data centers.
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[2026-07-01 15:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon began a new term Wednesday as the first person in South Korea’s constitutional history to be elected Seoul mayor five times.
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[2026-07-01 15:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DC's latest opened two days ahead of North America and promptly nosedived, echoing wider slide of a genre that no longer packs theaters here
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[2026-07-01 15:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: AI memory boom is reshaping investor perceptions of Korea's two chip giants
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[2026-07-01 15:52 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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[2026-07-01 15:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: At UIA World Congress, Seoul architects say Korean architecture is defined by relationships, not icons
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[2026-07-01 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Trucks haul shipping containers at a port in South Korea. The country's June exports surged to a record monthly high in value terms. © Reuters
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[2026-07-01 15:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- SK Inc., SK Group's holding company, said Wednesday that it has signed a deal with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) & Co., a U.S. investment firm, to establish a joint venture for renewable energy as part of its business rebalancing efforts in response to rising energy demand.
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[2026-07-01 15:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK Inc. said Wednesday it will partner with US private equity firm KKR to launch South Korea’s largest renewable energy company, consolidating group-wide clean energy assets to meet rising power demand from artificial intelligence data centers and semiconductor plants.
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[2026-07-01 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Future AI Mobility Summit 2026 in Seoul on Tuesday presented AI mobility as far more than autonomous vehicles or transport technology, portraying it instead as an industrial ecosystem spanning manufacturing, logistics, energy, data and international cooperation.
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[2026-07-01 15:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Chinese e-commerce platform Temu said Wednesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Intellectual Property Protection Agency to strengthen intellectual property protection for Korean brands on its marketplace.
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[2026-07-01 15:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HK inno.N said Wednesday it received the highest ESG rating of AA from Sustinvest for the first half of 2026, ranking first among Korean companies with assets of 2 trillion won ($1.3 billion) or more.
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[2026-07-01 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) said Wednesday it has secured 885 billion won (US$570.7 million) worth of orders to build one gas carrier and one floating storage regasification unit (FSRU).
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[2026-07-01 15:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The creators of the breakout K-drama discuss the worldwide appetite for Korean imagery after 'KPop Demon Hunters'
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[2026-07-01 15:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: VIP speakers opening the Future AI Mobility Summit 2026 on Tuesday urged South Korea to use artificial intelligence to expand its mobility industry beyond manufacturing and into services, data and global partnerships.
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[2026-07-01 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- SK Group retained the No. 1 position over Samsung Group in annual operating profit last year, driven by the strong performance of its chipmaking affiliate, SK hynix Inc., amid an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven semiconductor supercycle, industry data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-07-01 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1950 -- An Australian Air Force unit leaves for Korea to join the U.S.-led U.N. command that fought on South Korea's side in the 1950-53 Korean War. Shortly after the war broke out on June 25 with a North Korean invasion of South Korea, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution to dispatch coalition forces to turn back the communist aggression.
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[2026-07-01 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Krafton Inc. said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that the company and the lead developers behind the globally popular Subnautica video game franchise decided to drop their court fight over controversial earn out bonuses.
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[2026-07-01 14:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Thai adaptations of Korean dramas will be available on Amazon MX Player in India this week, CJ HK Entertainment said.
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[2026-07-01 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's stock market operator said Wednesday that the tech-heavy KOSDAQ market will further develop via strengthened transparency backed by a series of revamp measures.
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[2026-07-01 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- SK hynix Inc. has resubmitted an amended F-1 Form registration with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) this week, which included potential litigation risks, as it proceeds with its bid to list on the U.S. market.
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[2026-07-01 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Trucks haul shipping containers at a port in South Korea. The country's June exports surged to a record monthly high in value terms. © Reuters
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[2026-07-01 13:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon promised Wednesday to provide more opportunities for the younger generation, who are facing severe economic threats, including drastic changes in the job market, as he began his fifth term at the helm of the city government.
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[2026-07-01 13:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung will be briefed by all government ministries and institutions this month and examine their progress in implementing their policy tasks, the presidential office said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-01 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: GWACHEON, South Korea, July 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has extended to the end of the year its visa fee waiver program for group tourists from six countries, the justice ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-01 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- A parliamentary special committee looking into ballot shortages during the June local elections will conduct its first on-site inspection this week, officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-01 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Online shopping sales in South Korea moved up 10 percent from a year earlier in May, driven mainly by higher demand for foodstuffs and cosmetics, data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-07-01 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Seoul's antitrust watchdog said Wednesday it has launched an investigation into U.S.-based Google LLC, as well as its Singaporean and South Korean offices, over allegations of violations of the fair trade law involving game developers on its app marketplace.
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[2026-07-01 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- A top South Korean diplomat has met with senior U.S. government officials in Washington and discussed cooperation on democracy and human rights issues, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-01 12:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CLSA strategist says Korea must turn traders into owners, not speculators, as household money shifts from property to stocks
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[2026-07-01 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Wednesday doubled down on the need to combine military academies into a single education entity, stressing the need to break down what he called "silos" between armed forces and achieve all-domain warfare capabilities.
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[2026-07-01 12:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Group tourists from Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam to remain exempt from visa fees through Dec. 31
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[2026-07-01 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details throughout; CHANGES photos)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-07-01 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks returned earlier gains late Wednesday morning, as investors offloaded semiconductors and large-cap tech shares.
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[2026-07-01 12:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea extended deadlines for local tax payments after a system failure disrupted online and offline tax services nationwide, affecting municipal offices, automated kiosks and major government platforms.
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[2026-07-01 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Trucks haul shipping containers at a port in South Korea. The country's June exports surged to a record monthly high in value terms. © Reuters
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[2026-07-01 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's financial regulator said Wednesday that the National Growth Fund, a mega-sized investment fund aimed at nurturing key industrial sectors, will help finance the emerging physical artificial intelligence (AI) sector.
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[2026-07-01 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- K-pop supergroup BTS continued its long-running presence on the U.S. Billboard's main charts, with its latest album and lead single charting for the 14th consecutive week, while other artists under Hybe also secured multiple entries.
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[2026-07-01 11:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seventeen subunit V8 will open a pop-up in Seoul on July 4, offering fans a real-life experience of its namesake first EP, agency Pledis Entertainment said on Tuesday.
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[2026-07-01 11:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Period: Goryeo Kingdom
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[2026-07-01 11:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Kim Min-seok left office Wednesday, asking civil servants to put the people's lives and the socially vulnerable ahead of anything else.
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[2026-07-01 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The scope extends beyond social media to malicious reviews and defamatory posts on online communities, delivery apps and shopping platforms
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[2026-07-01 11:32 UTC+10:00] [Naver] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The scope extends beyond social media to malicious reviews and defamatory posts on online communities, delivery apps and shopping platforms
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[2026-07-01 11:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: One additional South Korean-operated vessel has exited the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there amid the US-Iran war, bringing the total number of ships remaining in the region to just two, the oceans ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-01 11:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- One additional South Korean-operated vessel has exited the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there amid the U.S.-Iran war, bringing the total number of ships remaining in the region to just two, the oceans ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-01 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promised to continue strengthening bonds with China and described a recent summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “historic occasion” in advancing relations with his larger neighbour.
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[2026-07-01 11:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina has met with the chief of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and discussed cooperation on humanitarian assistance and disaster response, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-01 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industry ministry on Wednesday denied recent rumors that the government is pushing to establish a new think tank tasked with utilizing chipmakers' massive profits generated by the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom.
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[2026-07-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Zhao, who married her late husband’s cousin, has five children but never stops mourning the man she lost
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[2026-07-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Zhao, who married her late husband’s cousin, has five children but never stops mourning the man she lost
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