Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-24 12:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: CHUNGJU, South Korea, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A court on Friday sentenced the owner of a guesthouse in the central city of Chungju to a fine of 3 million won (US$2,049) for a pet peacock's attack on a visitor last year.
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[2026-07-24 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BUSAN, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. Forces Korea soldier has been fined for driving about 260 kilometers from the southwestern city of Gwangju to the southeastern port city of Busan while intoxicated last year, a court said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Friday requested a five-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of helping a former defense minister evade a criminal investigation by appointing him as ambassador to Australia in 2023.
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[2026-07-24 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Friday that the United States has reaffirmed its commitment to honoring the existing Seoul-Washington tariff agreement regarding newly announced Section 301 tariffs on trading partners.
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[2026-07-24 12:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will add hidden-camera detection systems to the safety equipment installed in public restrooms under a legal revision passed by the National Assembly on Thursday.
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[2026-07-24 12:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-07-24 12:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating edged down to 51 percent this week, a poll showed Friday, marking its third straight weekly decline.
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[2026-07-24 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A military audit has uncovered unauthorized access to online records of soldiers' personal medical information late last year, prompting the military to shut down the program over a potential data breach, according to a lawmaker's office Friday.
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[2026-07-24 11:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A US service member stationed in South Korea has been fined 15 million won ($10,200) for driving about 260 kilometers from Gwangju to Busan while heavily intoxicated, a court said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 11:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Chinese actress Tang Wei, the wife of South Korean film director Kim Tae-yong, has given birth to the couple's second child, a baby boy, according to local reports quoting her aide on Thursday.
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[2026-07-24 11:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will step up efforts to ease upward pressure on consumer prices amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and announce detailed measures to address unfair market practices next month, the finance minister said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 11:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, said Friday it will pursue broad cooperation with the U.S. shipbuilding industry as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
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[2026-07-24 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office said Friday that it will closely consult with the United States to keep U.S. import tariffs on South Korean goods at the current level of 15 percent after Washington announced new tariffs of up to 12.5 percent on trading partners, including South Korea.
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[2026-07-24 11:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will step up efforts to ease upward pressure on consumer prices amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and announce detailed measures to address unfair market practices next month, the finance minister said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said Friday it has signed an agreement with a Siemens business unit to adopt an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for shipbuilding.
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[2026-07-24 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS meetings with ASEAN member counterparts in last 6 paras)By Oh Seok-min
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[2026-07-24 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung was set to embark on an 11-day overseas trip Friday that will include meetings with the chiefs of global tech giants in San Francisco and summit talks with the presidents of Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
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[2026-07-24 10:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks opened lower Friday as investors attempted to cash in recent gains amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-07-24 10:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea and the United States on Thursday launched a shipbuilding cooperation center in Washington to facilitate the planned $150 billion investment in the US shipbuilding sector that Seoul committed to under last year's bilateral trade and investment deal.
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[2026-07-24 10:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- He has been with the Samsung Lions for barely over a week, but starting pitcher Chris Paddack has already learned about the history of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club.
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[2026-07-24 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TROON, Scotland (AP) — American Lauren Coughlin and South Korea’s Jenny Shin shot 6-under 66s Thursday to take a one-stroke lead at the LPGA Tour’s Scottish Open at wind-swept Dundonald Links.
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[2026-07-24 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES para 2; ADDS info in bottom; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-07-24 10:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Seoul appellate court was set to deliver its verdict Friday on the closely watched asset division case between SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and his former wife, Roh Soh-yeong, nearly a decade after divorce proceedings first began.
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[2026-07-24 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: MANILA, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has agreed with his European Union counterpart to deepen cooperation in security, defense and economic affairs, while pledging closer coordination with Britain on global challenges during separate talks in Manila, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul appellate court was set to deliver its verdict Friday on the closely watched asset division case between SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and his former wife, Roh Soh-yeong, nearly a decade after divorce proceedings first began.
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[2026-07-24 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened lower Friday as investors attempted to cash in recent gains amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-07-24 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-07-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-07-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will maintain reduced fuel tax rates through the end of September, the finance ministry said Friday, amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Everland Midsummer Night Firefly Festival
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[2026-07-24 09:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The government will maintain close communication with the United States over Washington's recent decision to keep South Korea on its list of countries monitored for their foreign exchange policies, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The country's financial regulator on Friday said investors' minimum deposit requirement for a single-stock leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs) will be hiked starting later this month.
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[2026-07-24 09:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS lead, para 2; ADDS more details in paras 4-8)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-07-24 09:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday announced its final decision to impose new tariffs of up to 12.5 percent on South Korea, Japan and 58 other trading partners over forced labor concerns.
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[2026-07-24 09:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Director Lee Chang-dong's "Possible Love" has been officially invited to compete for the Golden Lion at this year's prestigious Venice International Film Festival.
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[2026-07-24 09:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Monthly spending by foreign tourists in South Korea reached a record high of over 1.4 trillion won ($913 million) in May, marking the third consecutive month foreign spending surpassed 1 trillion won, data showed.
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[2026-07-24 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Manipulated turnout data deepen election concernsA joint police-prosecutor investigation found Gyeonggi election officials allegedly changed June 3 turnout figures without approval, deepening concerns over election oversight.
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[2026-07-24 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Mayor Oh's guilty verdictOh ruling should prompt reform, not political point-scoring
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[2026-07-24 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Hidden breachLeak of diplomatic data exposes failures that no software patch alone can repair
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[2026-07-24 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on July 24.
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[2026-07-24 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday announced its final decision to impose up to 12.5 percent tariffs on South Korea, Japan and other trading partners over forced labor concerns.
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[2026-07-24 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-07-24 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The United States has kept South Korea on its list of countries to monitor for their foreign exchange policies, a Treasury Department report showed Thursday.
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[2026-07-24 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-07-24 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES dateline; ADDS byline, photos; UPDATES throughout)By Choi Kyong-Ae and Song Sang-ho
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[2026-07-24 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-24 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel said Thursday that she will depart for Seoul next week, as she highlighted the task of strengthening the Seoul-Washington alliance as her "top priority."
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[2026-07-24 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday stressed the importance of producing tangible results from shipbuilding cooperation with South Korea, pledging to help address regulatory roadblocks that Korean enterprises may face in the United States.
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[2026-07-24 03:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel on Thursday hailed South Korea's shipbuilding cooperation with the United States as an expansion of the bilateral alliance into a "new" and "important" territory, stressing that reinforcing the alliance is her "top priority."
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[2026-07-24 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: MANILA, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has called for faster progress in discussions with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on security issues, including Seoul's efforts to develop nuclear-powered submarines and secure rights for uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing, a senior Seoul official said Thursday.
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