Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-24 11:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Harold Rogers, interim CEO of e-commerce giant Coupang Corp., attended a closed-door House hearing in Washington on Monday, as the US-listed firm has been under investigation in South Korea over a massive data leak.
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[2026-02-24 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with details)
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[2026-02-24 11:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's nuclear envoy has called on North Korea to comply with U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on the North's nuclear and missile programs and return to the dialogue table, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-02-24 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington is reportedly pushing back on Seoul’s request for smaller drills, forcing the postponement of a major joint military briefing
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[2026-02-24 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Dividend payouts by listed firms in South Korea rose more than 15 percent from a year earlier in 2025 amid an unprecedented rally in the local stock market, industry data showed Tuesday.
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[2026-02-24 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the country's progress would not be deterred by any changes in the security environment at the ongoing party congress, state media reported Tuesday.
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[2026-02-24 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- One person was killed and three others injured after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in southern Seoul on Tuesday, authorities said.
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[2026-02-24 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: MIRYANG, South Korea, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- A wildfire in the southeastern city of Miryang raged for the second day Tuesday as firefighters and forestry authorities raced to put it out with the break of day.
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[2026-02-24 09:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Korea falls behind China in technology as science talent base weakens
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[2026-02-24 09:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Russia's cognitive war on Korean soilRussian Embassy must remove war-glorifying banner
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[2026-02-24 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Feb. 24.
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[2026-02-24 08:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Jurnalis yang berbasis di Tokyo, dengan fokus pada isu-isu politik, ekonomi, dan sosial di Jepang serta Semenanjung Korea.
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[2026-02-24 08:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Reporter Investigasi dengan fokus Korea Utara dan Cina.
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[2026-02-24 08:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Selain bagi DW, puluhan tahun John Duerden telah meliput Asia untuk berbagai media internasional, seperti New York Times, BBC, The Guardian, Associated Press, Nikkei Asian Review, Sport Business. Juga bekerja atau pernah bekerja untuk media di India, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Australia, Korea Selatan, dan Malaysia.
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[2026-02-24 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Kim Yo-jong, has been promoted to department head at the ruling Workers' Party of Korea during the ongoing party congress, state media reported Tuesday.
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[2026-02-24 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (URGENT) S. Korea to seek reinstatement of no-fly zone under suspended 2018 inter-Korean military pact: unification minister
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[2026-02-24 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's business sentiment turned positive for March, marking the first rebound in four years, due to the country's robust exports of chips and automobiles, a poll showed Tuesday.
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[2026-02-24 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's producer prices rose for a fifth consecutive month in January, driven by a marked increase in semiconductor prices and higher agricultural costs, central bank data showed Tuesday.
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[2026-02-24 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- The delinquency rate on loans extended by local banks fell in December, data showed Tuesday.
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[2026-02-24 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: In 2025, a total of 20 million Koreans traveled overseas, the annual figure on record. When a flight touches down at a foreign airport, travelers from Seoul hurriedly turn on their mobile phones. The first text messages they receive are from the Korean Foreign Ministry. A series of messages convey travel advisories, disease and contraband information, and emergency contact numbers.
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[2026-02-24 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The recent verdict in the insurrection trial of former President Yoon Suk Yeol was life imprisonment. What has lingered in the days since is not only the sentence itself, but the emotional dissonance it has produced. Many citizens listened to the prosecution’s closing argument, heard “death,” and expected the bench to move in that direction.
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[2026-02-24 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BRUSSELS/BEIJING/HONG KONG/SEOUL — The European Commission demanded on Sunday that the United States stick to the terms of an EU-US trade deal reached last year, after the US Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s global tariffs and he responded with new levies across the board.
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[2026-02-24 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — North Korea’s ruling party touted nuclear advances as it re-elected Kim Jong Un to the top post of general secretary, state media said Monday, during a rare national congress.
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[2026-02-24 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — South Korea has protested to Russia after its embassy in Seoul unfurled a giant banner declaring “Victory will be ours,” an apparent reference to the anniversary of the Ukraine war.
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[2026-02-24 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung praised the resolve of Brazil’s leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of talks in Seoul on Monday, saying both rose to the top from hardscrabble beginnings.
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[2026-02-23 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea confirmed a new African swine fever (ASF) case at a pig farm in the southern county of Euiryeong on Monday, in what marked the 20th case of such an infection in South Korea this season.
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[2026-02-23 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea confirmed a new African swine fever (ASF) case at a pig farm in the southern county of Euiryeong on Monday, in what marked the 20th case of such an infection in South Korea this season.
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[2026-02-23 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has won a case filed at a British court seeking to reverse an international tribunal court's order to pay more than US$100 million in damages to the U.S. hedge fund Elliott Investment Management over the 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates, the justice ministry said Monday.
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[2026-02-23 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Journalist based in Tokyo, focusing on political, economic and social issues in Japan as well as on the Korean Peninsula
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[2026-02-23 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Investigative reporter covering China and North Korea.
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[2026-02-23 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A California native, based in Berlin, Kres started his journalism career with American Forces Network in South Korea and Germany, where he was awarded the 'Rising Star' Journalist of the Year award.
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[2026-02-23 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Japan and Korea Correspondent
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[2026-02-23 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Partai Buruh yang berkuasa di Korea Utara kembali memilih Kim Jong Un sebagai sekretaris jenderal pada Ahad (22/2), hari keempat kongres partai.
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[2026-02-23 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 9-10, photos)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-02-23 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese leader sends message of ‘high trust and wholehearted support’ to Kim Jong-un after major party event
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[2026-02-23 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The state arms procurement agency seeks to choose the bidder to build next-generation destroyers by July, with an aim to deliver the first envisioned vessel to the Navy by the end of 2032, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Monday.
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[2026-02-23 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball league suspended four players Monday for illegal gambling during their training camp in Taiwan.
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[2026-02-23 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: High-concept design meets casual dishes and innovative hot drinks at London’s Korean cafes, a popular model fuelled by social media
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[2026-02-23 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Girl group Ive says it is ready to keep revolving with the release of its second studio album, rather than settle into the comfort of its early success.
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[2026-02-23 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and Brazilian business communities on Monday proposed measures to strengthen cooperation in strategic areas, including advanced manufacturing and key minerals, at a bilateral business forum held in Seoul, industry officials said.
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[2026-02-23 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-02-23 18:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kimhekim marks 10 years with Milan debut, Paris milestone show
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[2026-02-23 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party has again chosen Kim Jong Un to be its general secretary, state media report.
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[2026-02-23 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean drugmaker looks to apply smart monitoring system to 100,000 hospital beds by end of 2026
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[2026-02-23 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Monday that it has recently delivered the first of six offshore patrol vessels ordered by the Philippine Navy, five months ahead of schedule.
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[2026-02-23 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean game developer Krafton said Monday that it has created a new chief artificial intelligence officer position, appointing AI division head Lee Kang-wook to lead the company’s technology strategy.
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[2026-02-23 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea formally protests display in the heart of its capital as the Ukraine-Russia war enters its fifth year
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[2026-02-23 13:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Pop-up stores celebrating the release of the third EP from Blackpink will operate in Seoul from Saturday to March 8, YG Entertainment announced Monday.
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[2026-02-23 13:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks pared earlier gains late Monday morning as foreign and institutional investors locked in profits.
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[2026-02-23 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more comments by industry minister, background info in paras 6-8, 10-12, photo)
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