Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-29 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- An exhibition at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) highlighting the works of British artist Damien Hirst has attracted more than 540,000 visitors, the museum said Monday.
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[2026-06-29 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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[2026-06-29 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS defense chief's comments in paras 1-4)
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[2026-06-29 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- SK hynix Inc. plans to newly invest 1,100 trillion won (US$713 billion) in building new semiconductor clusters, including 400 trillion won in South Korea's southwestern region, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said Monday.
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[2026-06-29 16:30 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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[2026-06-29 16:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Red Devils, the official supporters’ group of the South Korean national soccer team, demanded Monday that head coach Hong Myung-bo be permanently barred from returning to Korean soccer.
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[2026-06-29 16:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- Remains of seven fallen soldiers from the 1950-53 Korean War were laid to rest Monday following nearly two decades of search and recovery efforts, the Army said.
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[2026-06-29 16:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-06-29 16:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is offering derivatives with leverage of up to 50 times on Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, raising concerns over investor protection and potential spillover risks for Korea's stock market.
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[2026-06-29 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- The number of kidnapping and detention cases involving South Korean nationals overseas surged twentyfold over the past four years due largely to a rise in transnational criminal operations, data showed Monday.
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[2026-06-29 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will push for the investment of over a quadrillion won (US$650 billion) in the construction of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers by 2035, the science minister said Monday.
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[2026-06-29 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout; ADDS photo)By Kim Eun-jung
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[2026-06-29 16:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology has named Bae Choong-sik, a professor of mechanical engineering, as its new president, the university said Monday.
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[2026-06-29 16:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Urban Upcycling Cooperative said Friday it signed a preliminary memorandum of understanding with the Urgench District government in Uzbekistan's Khorezm Region to pursue a 130,000-square-meter mixed-use residential development project.
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[2026-06-29 16:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. is considering the southwestern city of Gwangju as the site for a new semiconductor production facility, its chairman said Monday.
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[2026-06-29 16:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korea's first indigenous dinosaur fossil to bear the country's name in its scientific classification is set to be designated a natural monument, the Korea Heritage Service said Monday.
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[2026-06-29 15:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Dressed in their diving gear, a group of "haenyeo," or female divers, from Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, gathered outside the headquarters of Ssangyong Engineering & Construction in Seoul on Monday, demanding compensation for what they say are years of lost income caused by a harbor renovation project.
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[2026-06-29 15:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Boston Dynamics, a US-based robotics subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, is leveraging the robotics parts value chain in Korea as it gears up for a commercial rollout of the Atlas humanoid robot.
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[2026-06-29 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to develop a new semiconductor production base in the country's southwestern region through 800 trillion won (US$517.9 billion) in corporate investments that will create four memory chip fabrication plants, Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said Monday.
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[2026-06-29 15:50 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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[2026-06-29 15:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Roughly one in 10 traffic deaths in South Korea last year involved pedestrians crossing roads outside of designated crosswalks, underscoring the continued risks of crossing away from marked intersections.
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[2026-06-29 15:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Monday South Korea stands at a crossroad for a great leap forward in the increasingly competitive semiconductor and artificial intelligence (AI) markets, stressing the need for large-scale investments to secure "overwhelming" chip supply capabilities.
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[2026-06-29 15:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Internal division within the ruling Democratic Party of Korea appears to be growing: prominent liberal commentators accuse President Lee Jae Myung of alienating core party supporters in his effort to draw centrist voters.
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[2026-06-29 15:29 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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[2026-06-29 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean baseball clubs made changes with their foreign players Monday, with a former league home run leader switching teams midseason.
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[2026-06-29 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- The combined sales of major South Korean-listed companies in the healthcare sector rose 16 percent from a year earlier, industry data showed Monday.
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[2026-06-29 15:14 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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[2026-06-29 15:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: From coaching exits to angry airport receptions, South Korea has familiar post-World Cup ritual of criticism, accountability
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[2026-06-29 15:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Seoul court on Thursday issued the country’s first “easy-read” court ruling, rewriting a complex legal judgment in plain Korean with visual aids so that a plaintiff with an intellectual disability could understand the outcome of their suit.
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[2026-06-29 15:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A huge screen shows the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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[2026-06-29 15:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Jesse Marsch, who was once considered a leading candidate to coach South Korea's national team, is making history with Canada at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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[2026-06-29 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1882 -- Joseon signs a commerce treaty with Germany.
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[2026-06-29 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- The arms agency said Monday it has deployed an upgraded flight training simulator for a military utility helicopter to Army units for operational use, a move expected to help enhance the Army's response capabilities.
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[2026-06-29 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- The presence of North Korean defectors is nothing new in South Korea, where tens of thousands of people born in the North, or whose parents hail from the North, have made new homes south of the border.
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[2026-06-29 14:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Upper-level cold air holds back the North Pacific High, delaying the monsoon front and bringing a cooler summer, weather agency says
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[2026-06-29 14:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Live-action "Moana" cast and director meet Korean press to talk heritage and identity ahead of the film's July 8 opening
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[2026-06-29 14:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korea's group-stage exit clouds advertising revenue, talent payments are delayed and retail bondholders stage protest
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[2026-06-29 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by Dong Guangping, Dong Guangping is seen on a dinghy, crossing the sea between China and South Korea, on May 24, 2026. (Dong Guangping via AP)
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[2026-06-29 14:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean prosecutors said Monday that a 17-year-old girl has been indicted and detained for repeated drug use, along with a 20-year-old dealer who lured her in with free samples of the illegal substance.
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[2026-06-29 13:49 UTC+10:00] [SOCCER] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has blamed the country’s early World Cup exit on favoritism in personnel appointments and blasted coach Hong Myung-bo, while demanding a sports ministry-led investigation into the national team’s performance.
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[2026-06-29 13:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Women devoted only to housework at lowest point
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[2026-06-29 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: This is Hong's second stint as head coach of team South Korea
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[2026-06-29 13:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's science ministry said Monday local companies will take part in a major tech, artificial intelligence (AI) and startup event opening this week in Berlin, Germany.
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[2026-06-29 13:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As Chobok, the first of Korea’s three traditional dog days of summer, approaches, the Seoul Foreign Resident Center is inviting foreign residents to learn how to make dak hanmari, a hearty chicken hot pot widely enjoyed as a summertime energy booster.
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[2026-06-29 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- K-pop supergroup BTS' large-scale cultural program "The City" will be held in London next month to celebrate the group's stop there for its ongoing world tour, the group's agency said Monday.
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[2026-06-29 12:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The state weather agency issued a heat wave advisory for all of Seoul on Monday, the first such alert for the capital this year.
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[2026-06-29 12:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea said Monday it is maintaining close coordination with the United States on North Korea's missile launches, after criticism arose over its delayed announcement of the North's latest launch.
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[2026-06-29 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded sharply lower late Monday morning as investors remained cautious amid renewed concerns over the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire and rising oil prices, with tech shares leading losses.
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[2026-06-29 12:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Lee Jung-hoo went 1-for-4 with an RBI against fellow South Korean Kim Ha-seong, as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Sunday.
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[2026-06-29 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Monday it is maintaining close coordination with the United States on North Korea's missile launches, after criticism arose over its delayed announcement of the North's latest launch.
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