Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-23 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS additional info in paras 3-5, bottom; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-07-23 16:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Circle strategy chief Dante Disparte says regulatory uncertainty is keeping Korean banks and fintech firms from moving beyond pilot projects
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[2026-07-23 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The ongoing monsoon season is expected to end early next week and be followed by an intense heat wave, the state weather agency said Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead with meeting results; ADDS details throughout; RESTRUCTURES)By Oh Seok-min
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[2026-07-23 16:35 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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[2026-07-23 16:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Renault Korea said Thursday it has expanded the summer comfort features of its flagship crossover Filante, introducing a powered sunshade for the panoramic glass roof as demand grows for cooler, more comfortable cabins.
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[2026-07-23 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks spiked by more than 4 percent on a tech rally following Alphabet's second-quarter earnings release. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-07-23 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The three-time defending champions South Korea will face Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the Asian Games men's football tournament this fall.
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[2026-07-23 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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[2026-07-23 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Police said Thursday they have apprehended 40 gangsters, who claimed to be successors to a legendary mob boss from the 1950s and 1960s, following a series of inter-gang clashes across the Seoul metropolitan area.
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[2026-07-23 16:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS paras 4, 7 with more details) By Kim Seung-yeon and Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-07-23 16:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Tourists from 13 countries participate in Kyochon F&B's Kyochon 1991 School in Seoul ahead of chobok. The 24 participants learned to make Kyochon's signature fried chicken, sampled its sauces and experienced Korean food culture through the company's culinary program. (Kyochon F&B)
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[2026-07-23 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major platform operators have separately teamed up with Circle Internet Group Inc., the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, to cooperate in the establishment of digital asset infrastructure, companies taking part in the endeavor said Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 16:07 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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[2026-07-23 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has recently shared its economic growth vision and road map for the internationalization of the Korean won with investors in London and Singapore, the finance ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 15:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Justin Prinstein, who previously worked as a foreign player scout for the KIA Tigers and LG Twins in the Korean Baseball Organization, has been fired in the US after being caught secretly filming an opposing team's coach.
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[2026-07-23 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's science minister expressed willingness to promote investments in local companies from U.S. big tech firms, ahead of his planned trip to Silicon Valley later Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 15:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Stronger chip prices lift real GDI, put 3% annual growth within reach
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[2026-07-23 15:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korean national residing in Vietnam has won the country's 102.8 billion Vietnamese dong ($3.9 million) lottery jackpot, the largest prize ever awarded to a foreigner in Vietnam.
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[2026-07-23 15:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Display and LG Display each unveiled OLED panels designed for humanoid robot faces at K-Display 2026 in Seoul on Wednesday, marking an attempt to open a new application for screen technology already refined in smartphones and cars.
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[2026-07-23 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: MANILA, July 23 (Yonhap) -- An international heritage body adopted a decision Thursday calling on Japan to adequately reflect the "whole history" of the Sado mine, which was linked to the wartime mobilization of Korean laborers, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
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[2026-07-23 15:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korea-backed vocational education program is helping young Africans turn skills in agriculture, food processing and beauty services into jobs and small businesses, according to UNESCO.
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[2026-07-23 15:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Shinsegae Department Store said Thursday that its AI-powered hyperpersonalization technology, developed jointly with Seoul National University, has been accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Machine Learning, one of the world's most prestigious artificial intelligence conferences.
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[2026-07-23 15:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Krafton said Thursday it has made a strategic investment in Neon Commerce, a global game commerce infrastructure firm, as the Korean game developer moves to build its own payment ecosystem and strengthen direct engagement with players worldwide.
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[2026-07-23 15:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: GM Korea became the first automaker to reach a tentative wage agreement this year, easing immediate strike concerns as labor disputes intensify across South Korea's auto industry.
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[2026-07-23 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min has scored in his second straight Major League Soccer (MLS) match after going 13 consecutive games without finding the back of the net.
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[2026-07-23 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Thursday proposed a bill requiring police to record the entire investigative process in a bid to ensure transparency as the party pushes to strip the prosecution of its supplementary investigative authority.
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[2026-07-23 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1948 -- Rhee Syng-man takes office as South Korea's first president. The U.S.-educated leader went into self-imposed exile in 1960 after his government was toppled in a student-led pro-democracy uprising. He died in Hawaii five years later, and his body was flown to Seoul and buried at the National Cemetery.
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[2026-07-23 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The latest album from K-pop boy group Cortis has sold more than 3 million copies, its agency said Thursday, making it the second triple million-seller among albums released so far this year.
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[2026-07-23 14:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- As better-than-expected second-quarter growth puts the South Korean economy on track for annual growth of 3 percent or more this year, expectations are growing that the Bank of Korea (BOK) could raise the benchmark interest rate again at its next monetary policy meeting.
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[2026-07-23 14:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: MANILA, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun called on regional partners Thursday to support South Korea's efforts to promote peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula at an ASEAN-related foreign ministers' meeting.
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[2026-07-23 14:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea plans to block national pension credits for parents convicted of child abuse and conscripts sentenced to at least 18 months in prison for crimes committed during military service, the government said Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 14:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Collaboration aims to connect artist IP with domestic manufacturers to strengthen Korean fashion ecosystem
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[2026-07-23 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade watchdog said Thursday it will ask the finance ministry to impose antidumping duties on Chinese butyl acrylate after concluding that the imports had harmed the domestic industry.
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[2026-07-23 14:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A 24-year-old man accused of killing his former girlfriend admitted to the charges at the first hearing of his trial at the Seoul Eastern District Court on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-23 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's customs service said Thursday it has collected 1.3 billion won (US$880,000) from delinquent taxpayers through a joint investigation with the tax agency.
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[2026-07-23 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The government has newly added hate speech as one of the categories subject to disciplinary measures for public servants in an effort to strengthen punishment for such behavior, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed a suspended prison term for a former prosecutor for bribing former first lady Kim Keon Hee in exchange for her help in his bid to run in an election.
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[2026-07-23 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean military on Thursday called for caution against land mines planted by the North being washed into the South amid recent heavy downpours.
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[2026-07-23 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES throughout; ADDS photos)
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[2026-07-23 12:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: COVID-19 cut life expectancy by 0.33 years in Southeast Asia and 0.28 years in East Asia from 2019 to 2023
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[2026-07-23 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: What began with workers calling for Samsung and SK Hynix to share profits reaped from the AI boom is spilling over to other industries
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[2026-07-23 12:35 UTC+10:00] [South Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: What began with workers calling for Samsung and SK Hynix to share profits reaped from the AI boom is spilling over to other industries
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[2026-07-23 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: GWACHEON, South Korea, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Former Land Minister Won Hee-ryong appeared before a special counsel team Thursday for questioning over an expressway project linked to former first lady Kim Keon Hee's family, officials said.
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[2026-07-23 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks were trading sharply higher late Thursday morning, while investors digest the latest earnings release from Google's parent company.
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[2026-07-23 12:10 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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[2026-07-23 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Trading volume at major South Korean crypto exchanges have shrunk to account for around 1 percent of the corresponding figure for the local stock market, industry data showed Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 12:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined TikTok 10.3 billion won (US$7 million) for unlawfully collecting and using users' behavioral data from third-party services to personalize advertisements.
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[2026-07-23 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in last 4 paras)
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[2026-07-23 11:53 UTC+10:00] [North Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Under its influence, there will be strong winds, heavy squally showers and thunderstorms along the Guangdong coast from late Saturday to Sunday,’ forecaster says
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