Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-22 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The delinquency ratio on loans extended by banks rose for a second consecutive month in May due mainly to a rise in newly soured loans, data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-07-22 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — North Korea reaffirmed its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine as the nations’ foreign ministers met in Moscow, Pyongyang’s state media reported Tuesday, increasing speculation Kim Jong Un may soon visit the Kremlin.
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[2026-07-22 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The United States will extend its ban on its citizens' travel to North Korea for another year, a State Department notice showed Tuesday, citing "serious" risks associated with travel to the reclusive state.
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[2026-07-21 22:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government of Ulleung-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, said Tuesday it will recruit people to live on South Korea's easternmost Dokdo islets, which have been left at a population of zero after its only two registered residents died in recent years.
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[2026-07-21 22:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina held a meeting with the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday and sought the organization's cooperation in respecting the wishes of North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine.
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[2026-07-21 21:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Two Indonesians who came to Korea to work as sailors fell from the eighth floor of a motel in Busan on Tuesday, leaving one dead and the other severely injured.
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[2026-07-21 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US stock futures are higher led by Tech after a strong bounce in chip stocks in Japan (memory stock Kioxia traded limit up after trading limit down on Friday and Monday was a holiday) and Korea, as evidence mounts that Momentum / Semis pullback have bottomed, with supportive price action elsewhere in Asia and Europe, though the JPM EU Trading Desk is not yet seeing follow-through buying in Semis.
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[2026-07-21 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina held a meeting with the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday and sought the organization's cooperation in respecting the wishes of North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine.
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[2026-07-21 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has called for cooperation from the U.S. government to ensure that new restrictions on the stay periods of international students and foreign journalists do not undermine people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-07-21 20:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: About 10 percent of the more than 100 people killed in the 2022 deadly crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district may have died from causes other than suffocation, a special investigation committee said Tuesday.
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[2026-07-21 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The labor union of GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of U.S. automaker General Motors Co., said Tuesday it is extending its partial strike this week as wage negotiations with the company remain deadlocked.
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[2026-07-21 20:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — South Korea plans to launch this year a free artificial intelligence chatbot service powered by domestic technology, Seoul said Tuesday, seeking to reduce reliance on foreign platforms.
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[2026-07-21 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- About 10 percent of the more than 100 people killed in the 2022 deadly crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district may have died from causes other than suffocation, a special investigation committee said Tuesday.
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[2026-07-21 19:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee will convene a hearing concerning the Korea Football Association on July 30, summoning key individuals who oversaw the association in the run-up to the 2026 World Cup.
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[2026-07-21 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea guarantees menstrual leave, but many women say stigma and workplace culture still discourage them from using it
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[2026-07-21 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The top military officers of South Korea and Australia held talks over the phone Tuesday to discuss the security environment of the Indo-Pacific region and agreed to expand military cooperation, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
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[2026-07-21 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- In a surprising move, the defending South Korean baseball champions LG Twins released setup man Yacksel Rios on Tuesday, about a month after acquiring the fireballer from Puerto Rico.
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[2026-07-21 18:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The National Assembly on Tuesday passed a contentious bill to extend a special counsel investigation into former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, former first lady Kim Keon Hee, over the 2024 martial law and several corruption scandals.
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[2026-07-21 18:14 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-21 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with latest details; CHANGES headline, lead para; ADDS photo)
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[2026-07-21 17:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A bill was proposed Tuesday to establish a legal basis for South Korea's diplomatic missions to shore up Korean companies' overseas operations.
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[2026-07-21 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar Tuesday, as foreign investors remained net buyers of local stocks.
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[2026-07-21 17:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea national team midfielder Hwang In-beom has completed a move to Portuguese Primeira Liga powerhouse FC Porto.
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[2026-07-21 17:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS bond yields in bottom)
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[2026-07-21 17:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kbank said Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Korean blockchain company BPMG and Hong Kong-based digital asset firm HashKey Group to develop stablecoin-based cross-border remittance services and related technologies.
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[2026-07-21 17:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks snapped their two-day losing streak and closed sharply higher Tuesday, as investors went bargain hunting for tech heavyweights. The Korean won closed higher against the US dollar.
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[2026-07-21 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- A woman who staged a solo blockade of a Seoul vote counting center last month amid protests calling for a rerun of the June 3 local elections attended her arrest warrant hearing Tuesday.
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[2026-07-21 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS info in paras 4-5, bottom; RECASTS para 6; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-07-21 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS unification ministry's response in last 3 paras)
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[2026-07-21 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info, additional background from para 4; RECASTS para 2 to modify attribution)
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[2026-07-21 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Tuesday passed a ruling Democratic Party-led bill extending the mandate of a comprehensive special counsel investigation into unresolved allegations involving former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife.
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[2026-07-21 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The Cabinet approved five presidential decrees Tuesday to reform the military counterintelligence unit, following the announcement to dismantle the command amid criticism over its undue political influence.
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[2026-07-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance and agriculture ministries said Tuesday they will share drone footage, artificial intelligence (AI) analysis technologies and survey data to carry out nationwide surveys of farmland and state-owned property.
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[2026-07-21 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The government on Tuesday revoked state awards given to more than 150 individuals who were found to have been involved in a 1979 military coup and acts of state violence, the interior ministry said.
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[2026-07-21 16:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has increased its stakes in Korea Aerospace Industries and battery materials maker EcoPro to more than 5 percent, becoming a major shareholder in both companies.
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[2026-07-21 16:46 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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[2026-07-21 16:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean game firms look abroad as domestic gaming hits decade low
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[2026-07-21 16:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Viral video of pair taking lucky coins from a pond at the Seoul landmark calls for tighter on-site enforcement, legal action
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[2026-07-21 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks snapped their two-day losing streak and closed sharply higher Tuesday, as investors went bargain hunting for tech heavyweights. The Korean won closed higher against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-07-21 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (3rd LD) Hourly minimum wage set at 10,700 won for 2027, up 3.7 pct from this year
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[2026-07-21 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Samsung Electronics shares rose after the company said Tuesday it is creating a robotics division as the South Korean tech giant seeks new sources of growth.
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[2026-07-21 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- At a bustling exhibition hall in Busan, an 83-year-old artisan sits cross-legged, repeatedly shaving the surface of boiled bamboo sticks to make them into paper-thin strips -- working on a craft that has outlived the world that once sustained it.
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[2026-07-21 16:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details, byline, photos)By Lee Minji
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[2026-07-21 16:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun was set to depart for the Philippines on Tuesday to attend a series of meetings involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other partner nations, including the United States and China, his office said.
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[2026-07-21 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- Personal information of all South Korean diplomats was presumed to be leaked due to a data breach at an online education system run by an institution affiliated with the foreign ministry, officials said Tuesday.
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[2026-07-21 16:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's proposed cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is aimed at enhancing their own respective contributions to global peace and stability, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday, in its first response to recent concerns by Russia over what it described as growing military cooperation between Seoul and NATO.
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[2026-07-21 16:15 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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[2026-07-21 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- Police said Tuesday they have apprehended about 10 people suspected of either taking the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) on behalf of others for money or using advanced equipment, such as tiny earpieces, to relay answers to test-takers.
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[2026-07-21 16:14 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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[2026-07-21 16:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Display is on course to overtake LG Display in the mid-to-large OLED market by revenue in the third quarter, taking the lead for the first time as Korean manufacturers hold onto a display segment Chinese competitors have yet to break into.
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