Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-01 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea is believed to have shipped some 33,000 containers of military supplies, including weapons and ammunition, to Russia as part of its support for Moscow in the war with Ukraine, a military intelligence unit said Sunday.
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[2026-03-01 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's exports jumped nearly 30 percent from a year earlier in February to mark the highest level ever recorded for the month, driven by growing demand for semiconductors amid the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, government data showed Sunday.
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[2026-03-01 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: More than half of the suspects in knife crimes committed in public places last year were in their 50s or older, according to Seoul police data. Men accounted for 87.9 percent of the suspects.
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[2026-03-01 11:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A 13-year-old Siberian tiger named Miho died at Seoul Grand Park after a fight with another tiger, allegedly after a separating door between the enclosures was not properly locked, local media reported Friday.
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[2026-03-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is moving to phase out traditional formal school uniforms, amid growing concerns over high costs.
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[2026-03-01 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [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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[2026-02-28 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Speculation has mounted that Kim Jong-un is grooming his daughter – believed to be named Kim Ju-ae and about 13 years old – as his successor
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[2026-02-28 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Saturday ordered an "immediate" inspection of the safety of South Korean troops dispatched overseas, following reports of US-Israel strikes against Iran, his office said.
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[2026-02-28 21:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday instructed officials to assess the potential impact of the United States and Israel's attacks on Iran, and to step up measures to ensure the safety of South Korean nationals in the Middle East.
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[2026-02-28 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [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 South Korea–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-02-28 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Three-time winners’ game on Tuesday will be their first since 2010 final, but major wins at U-17 and U-20 level show they will be a threat
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[2026-02-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [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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[2026-02-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: How porcelain from Joseon era is being reimagined in Korean beauty, dining, home living
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[2026-02-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: “Seoul Urban Architecture: Rising from the Crushing Bowl”
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[2026-02-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Australian Food and Wine Collaboration Group hosted its “Taste the Wonders of Australia” media conference Thursday at Andaz Seoul Gangnam in Seoul, bringing together leaders from Australian food industries to outline export strategies and deepen partnerships in South Korea.
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[2026-02-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Agoda’s North Asia director says new Korean getaways favor hidden corners over shopping districts
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[2026-02-28 17:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A free concert by K-pop group BTS at Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square scheduled for next month will run for around an hour due to safety and operational considerations, its organizer said Saturday.
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[2026-02-28 16:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presented new sniper rifles to top government and military officials following a weeklong governing party congress lauding his leadership.
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[2026-02-28 16:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea on Saturday released a rare solo photo of leader Kim Jong-un's daughter Ju-ae taking aim at a target with a sniper rifle, after she took center stage with her father at a key military parade.
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[2026-02-28 15:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Profile | Who is Shin Hye-sun, star of Netflix K-drama The Art of Sarah?Breaking out in 2016’s Five Enough, Shin Hye-sun has gone on to make her mark in series including Mr. Queen and Welcome to Samdal-ri.
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[2026-02-28 15:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Profile | Who is Shin Hye-sun, star of Netflix K-drama The Art of Sarah?Breaking out in 2016’s Five Enough, Shin Hye-sun has gone on to make her mark in series including Mr. Queen and Welcome to Samdal-ri.
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[2026-02-28 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s national baseball on Sunday team wrapped up their final scrimmage in Okinawa and traveled to Osaka ahead of the World Baseball Classic for a pair of official pre-WBC games against Nippon Professional Baseball clubs.
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[2026-02-28 13:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un test-fires a new sniper rifle at a shooting range in an undisclosed location, North Korea Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government.
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[2026-02-28 13:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung opened an account on the popular short-form video-sharing application TikTok on Saturday as part of his efforts to increase his activities on social media platforms.
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[2026-02-28 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The historical film "The King's Warden" has topped a cumulative 7 million admissions in the domestic box office, data from the Korean Film Council showed Saturday.
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[2026-02-28 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was confirmed to have taken the post of director of the general affairs department of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, according to state media Saturday.
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[2026-02-28 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was confirmed to have taken the post of director of the general affairs department of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), according to state media Saturday.
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[2026-02-28 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The appearance of the Kims in near-identical leather coats at a military parade is seen by some that Pyongyang’s succession plan is in place
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[2026-02-28 10:59 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-28 10:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- The historical film "The King's Warden" has topped a cumulative 7 million admissions in the domestic box office, data from the Korean Film Council showed Saturday.
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[2026-02-28 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Feb. 28.
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[2026-02-28 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: NEW YORK and SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Korean skincare brand Purito Seoul has officially announced its new brand slogan, 'From Soil to Seoul,' Alongside this declaration, the brand will begin rolling out a series of global marketing initiatives centered around the new message. The first chapter of this expansion will be the 'Oat Latte Campaign,' launching with a pop-up event on March 2 in New York City's West Village.
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[2026-02-27 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: An international fugitive and his companion are presented at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) headquarters on Feb. 27, 2026, for booking and arrest procedures after they were taken into custody the night before. Operatives from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) apprehended South Korean fugitive Lee Jingyu alongside a male companion, In Jaesang, at a fast-food restaurant in Parañaque City.
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[2026-02-27 22:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: From traffic website to multilingual maps, city rolls out safety plan
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[2026-02-27 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Tiffany Young, a Korean American member of K-pop band Girls' Generation, married actor Byun Yo-han on Friday, Byun's agency said.
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[2026-02-27 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has held phone talks with senior Singaporean and Philippine officials to discuss President Lee Jae Myung's upcoming state visits to the two countries, his ministry said Friday.
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[2026-02-27 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [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 South Korea–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-02-27 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [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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[2026-02-27 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Netflix’s The Art of Sarah, following a woman running a counterfeit empire, is a harsh reflection of South Korea’s luxe goods fixation
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[2026-02-27 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- Tiffany Young, a Korean American member of K-pop band Girls' Generation, married actor Byun Yo-han on Friday, Byun's agency said.
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[2026-02-27 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- The Lotte Giants announced Friday they have imposed penalties on their senior executives and front office staff for their lack of oversight on the ball club, following a recent suspension of four of their players over illegal overseas gambling.
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[2026-02-27 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BEIJING, Feb. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On the first working day following the Chinese New Year holiday, Enyuan Yu, Founder and CEO of Neolix, paid a visit to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in China and held talks with Ambassador Rho Jae-heon to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation between China and Korea in autonomous logistics, including technology development, industrial deployment, and ecosystem building.
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[2026-02-27 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Assembly has endured over 600 hours of filibusters since May 2024, but each one ends the same way
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[2026-02-27 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has put his private home up for sale at a below-market price, Cheong Wa Dae said Friday, in a show of willingness to stabilize the property market.
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[2026-02-27 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Lee Ju-young, 25, has visited the National Museum of Korea several times before. Friday, she returned with a specific purpose: to celebrate the comeback of Blackpink.
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[2026-02-27 18:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom)
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[2026-02-27 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Gaming drives export surge, making up 60% of content sales abroad
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[2026-02-27 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Approval mandates removal of coordinates and domestic processing, easing US tariff tension
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[2026-02-27 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived,” goes the rhyme that the English use to memorize the mostly woeful fates of King Henry VIII’s six wives. South Koreans could use one for their leaders.
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[2026-02-27 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived,” goes the rhyme that the English use to memorize the mostly woeful fates of King Henry VIII’s six wives. South Koreans could use one for their leaders.
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