Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-01 19:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: GM Korea, the South Korean unit of General Motors, said Monday its sales backtracked in May from a year earlier due to weak demand at home and abroad.
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[2026-06-01 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Benin seeks to position itself as a stable gateway to the broader West African market, its foreign minister said Monday, highlighting political stability, investor-friendly policies and strategic location as key selling points to attract foreign investment.
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[2026-06-01 18:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 'Backrooms' tops the daily box office among non-Korean films, without the rabid online following that powered its record US opening
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[2026-06-01 18:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said Monday it is expanding support for Korean War and Vietnam War veterans, as the country marks Patriots and Veterans Month in June.
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[2026-06-01 18:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: New museum, observatory and dining lineup aim to transform Yeouido landmark
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[2026-06-01 18:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: You can take Eric Thames out of South Korea, but you cannot take South Korea out of the former slugger.
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[2026-06-01 18:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of General Motors Co., said Monday its sales backtracked in May from a year earlier due to weak demand at home and abroad.
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[2026-06-01 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Mobis Co., Hyundai Motor's auto parts affiliate, said Monday a fire broke out at its parts plant in India, raising concerns about potential disruptions to supplies for Hyundai Motor and Kia manufacturing facilities in the country.
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[2026-06-01 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An electric power vehicle enters a Hanwha Aerospace facility in Daejoen, South Korea, following an explosion on June 1. © Yonhap/AP
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[2026-06-01 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Five people have died, and two others were injured on Monday after an explosion and fire on a South Korean production line for rocket propellant at a factory operated by Hanwha Aerospace in the city of Daejeon, officials said.
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[2026-06-01 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Yang Shuang-zi, the 2026 winner of the prestigious International Booker Prize, said Monday she hopes literature will serve as a powerful and lasting tool for a changing society by carrying messages to future generations.
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[2026-06-01 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS photo, bond yields at bottom)
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[2026-06-01 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Renault Korea Motors Co., the South Korean unit of France's Renault S.A., said Monday its May sales plunged from a year earlier on weak demand in both the domestic and overseas markets.
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[2026-06-01 17:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A casual hair-color reveal quickly turned into a political controversy for South Korean rapper Lee Young-ji, prompting her to hastily dye her hair black again and issue a public apology.
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[2026-06-01 17:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Signs warning against feeding pigeons have appeared across major squares and parks in Seoul as the city launches a monthlong crackdown on the practice.
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[2026-06-01 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Monday his ministry would spare no effort to provide technical assistance in determining the cause of a deadly explosion at a factory of key defense firm Hanwha Aerospace.
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[2026-06-01 17:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday its global sales declined from a year earlier in May due to production disruptions caused by parts supply shortages.
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[2026-06-01 17:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: GWACHEON, South Korea, June 1 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team has determined former President Yoon Suk Yeol had prepared to declare martial law since late 2023, about a year before his failed bid in December 2024, officials said Monday.
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[2026-06-01 17:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung, SK hynix bonus windfalls fuel demand for homes along corporate shuttle routes
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[2026-06-01 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Kia Corp. said Monday its global sales rose in May from a year earlier, supported by robust demand for its Sportage compact SUVs.
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[2026-06-01 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will launch formal negotiations this week to implement a set of security agreements reached between their leaders last year, the foreign ministry said Monday.
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[2026-06-01 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Police are pushing to impose a travel ban on Morse Tan, a Korean American professor accused of defaming President Lee Jae Myung, information obtained by Yonhap News Agency showed Monday.
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[2026-06-01 17:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks extended a rally to a fresh all-time high Monday, driven by strong gains in stocks related to artificial intelligence. The local currency rose against the US dollar.
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[2026-06-01 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- The government rounded up a total of 23,403 drug offenders through special crackdowns last year, with the number of online drug offenders arrested and drugs seized since the inauguration of President Lee Jae Myung reaching all-time highs, officials said Monday.
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[2026-06-01 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: REVISES headline; UPDATES with latest details in paras 4-5, 10-16)
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[2026-06-01 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan on Monday discussed ways to expand economic cooperation between South Korea and Oman, including resources and logistics partnership, amid the prolonging Middle East crisis with the head of Oman's Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ), Kim's office said.
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[2026-06-01 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks extended their rally to close at a fresh record high Monday, driven by strong gains in major chipmakers and artificial intelligence (AI)-related shares. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-06-01 16:35 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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[2026-06-01 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- The leaders of the ruling and main opposition parties urged candidates in the upcoming local elections to scale back or tone down their campaign activities Monday following a deadly explosion at a Hanwha Aerospace factory in the central city of Daejeon.
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[2026-06-01 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Four engineering company officials have been booked as suspects as part of a police probe into the partial collapse of an overpass in western Seoul last week, the city's top police officer said Monday.
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[2026-06-01 16:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Crypto turnover falls sharply as retail money flows into Korea's record-breaking equity rally, bringing Samsung closer to bitcoin in market value
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[2026-06-01 16:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang said Monday that the company's next AI accelerator, Vera Rubin, was in full production, confirming at his GTC Taipei keynote that high-bandwidth memory from Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and Micron will go into the platform.
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[2026-06-01 16:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Chinese automakers are making strong inroads into South Korea, ranking third place in the country’s imported vehicle market in April, overtaking Japan for the first time.
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[2026-06-01 16:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: FSS reviews W10tr debut trading as ETF giants battle for market share
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[2026-06-01 16:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: AI memory boom lifts Samsung above historic threshold, widening lead over SK hynix
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[2026-06-01 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- One can take Eric Thames out of South Korea. But they can't take South Korea out of the former slugger.
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[2026-06-01 15:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Aerospace Co., a defense affiliate of Hanwha Group, apologized for a deadly explosion at its Daejeon facility Monday and pledged to thoroughly investigate the cause of the accident and deal with its aftermath.
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[2026-06-01 15:55 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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[2026-06-01 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Workers at Celltrion Inc., a South Korean bio firm, launched a labor union for the first time in the company's history, demanding transparency in compensation, the union said Monday.
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[2026-06-01 15:45 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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[2026-06-01 15:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korean court sided with a doctor who charged their former boss with wrongful dismissal, saying the employer had not disclosed the true reason for terminating the employment contract.
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[2026-06-01 15:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: More than half of surveyed Korean users report losses as Seoul calls for tighter oversight of overseas lodging platforms
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[2026-06-01 15:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. plans to relocate the headquarters of its U.S. subsidiary from New Jersey to Texas later this year, industry sources said Monday.
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[2026-06-01 15:34 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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[2026-06-01 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An explosion and fire occurred at a defense company in South Korea on Monday, killing five people and injuring two others, officials said.
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[2026-06-01 15:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Korea's IT giant Naver, is creating a dedicated task force for defense artificial intelligence, as the company moves to expand its presence in the sovereign AI market.
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[2026-06-01 15:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean lender considers W3tr support program as aging founders struggle to find successors
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[2026-06-01 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Exchange, South Korea's main bourse operator, said Monday it will launch weekly options on four single heavyweight stocks later this month.
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[2026-06-01 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES slug, headline, lead; UPDATES with more info throughout)
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[2026-06-01 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A bill has been proposed to codify scholarship programs for the grandchildren of Korean War veterans from UN participating nations and designate separate commemorative dates for each country’s role in the war.
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