Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-03 16:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 3-4, 10; TRIMS)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-09-03 16:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US investment giant Capital Group has returned as a major shareholder in Shinhan Financial Group, lifting its stake above 5 percent as the Korean banking group steps up shareholder returns.
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[2026-09-03 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers affiliated with the country's umbrella labor union will go on strike Friday to oppose the government's plans to relocate policy lenders and other public financial organizations from Seoul to provincial areas.
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[2026-09-03 16:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: New guidelines take effect immediately but do not bind courts, leaving businesses to call for supplementary legislation
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[2026-09-03 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- The country's financial regulator said Thursday that moves to ease rules on so-called network separation in order to help financial companies better respond to rising security threats in the artificial intelligence (AI) age are going smoothly.
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[2026-09-03 15:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul Family Court on Thursday rejected an attempt by Kim Young-sik, widow of late LG Group Chair Koo Bon-moo, to legally sever her adoptive relationship with LG Group Chair Koo Kwang-mo.
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[2026-09-03 15:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Six-figure works move at blue-chip booths on preview day while smaller dealers report a slower morning; downstairs, Kiaf's black-carpet makeover keeps the crowds circulating
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[2026-09-03 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc., a major South Korean home appliance maker, said Thursday it will showcase personalized artificial intelligence (AI)-powered products at IFA 2026, a major home electronics trade show in Berlin.
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[2026-09-03 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Thursday that South Korea will continue efforts to revive dialogue between North Korea and the United States, noting U.S. President Donald Trump's willingness to reengage with Pyongyang.
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[2026-09-03 15:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Wafers will stay in Korea, while advanced packaging and R&D move closer to US customers
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[2026-09-03 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- A top South Korean military official has underscored the need for deeper cooperation in joint operational readiness among Indo-Pacific nations, highlighting Seoul's role as a key security partner in the region.
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[2026-09-03 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- The government said Thursday it will carry out a major restructuring of state-run firms, including mergers among energy suppliers, with the plan eventually reducing the number of state-run institutions by 109 while guaranteeing job security for existing workers.
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[2026-09-03 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Presidential Security Service (PSS) said Thursday it has launched a situation room to ensure the safety and convenience of state leaders visiting South Korea for the Korea-Central Asia Summit scheduled for mid-September.
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[2026-09-03 15:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Unseen for three decades, otters have returned to the Han River and grown in number since 2016
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[2026-09-03 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1990 -- South and North Korea hold their first prime ministers' meeting in Seoul.
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[2026-09-03 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Nearly 40 million user accounts of South Korean streaming platform Tving were compromised in a massive data breach stemming from a hacking incident reported in June, a joint investigation showed Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 14:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Event highlights transformation, renewal in work by Andrea Francolino and Yeesookyung
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[2026-09-03 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Healthcare experts from South Korea and the United States on Thursday called for regulatory reforms aligned with global standards to support the sustainable growth of South Korea's healthcare sector and improve patient care.
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[2026-09-03 14:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Twenty-five plastic surgery and dermatology clinics in Seoul violated medical-waste rules, including two cases in which human fat and blood from cosmetic procedures were dumped into sinks and toilets, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 14:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Porsche Korea CEO Mathias Busse will take charge of the German sports carmaker’s expanded Overseas region, covering key growth markets across Asia and the Middle East, while retaining his current role in Korea.
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[2026-09-03 14:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 109 entities to be cut, Korea Land and Housing to be split into two
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[2026-09-03 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has stripped references to "peaceful unification" with South Korea from the charter of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the full text of the document showed Thursday, in line with Pyongyang's redefinition of inter-Korean ties as those between "two hostile" states.
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[2026-09-03 14:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Indoor golf simulator company Golfzon has completed the Korean round of the global screen golf tournament, with 20 Korean golfers advancing to the December final.
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[2026-09-03 13:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Bang Si-hyuk, chairman and founder of K-pop powerhouse Hybe, was referred to prosecutors on Thursday on suspicion of deceiving shareholders into selling their shares in Hybe before the company held an initial public offering (IPO), police said.
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[2026-09-03 13:49 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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[2026-09-03 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with details; RECASTS headline, lead)
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[2026-09-03 13:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that movie theaters' failure to provide audio descriptions and subtitles for people with visual and hearing impairments constitutes disability discrimination.
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[2026-09-03 12:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: More than a million people are expected along the Han River on Saturday, when the country's largest fireworks display returns to Yeouido about three weeks earlier on the calendar than last year.
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[2026-09-03 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEONGNAM, South Korea, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- A court on Thursday held an arrest warrant hearing for a man accused of murdering his estranged wife in front of their young daughter.
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[2026-09-03 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with details, background in paras 5-10; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-09-03 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- More than a week after devastating floods struck Nepal, South Korea is intensifying efforts to locate nine nationals who remain unaccounted for, while expanding its humanitarian support for the disaster-hit country, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 12:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea on Thursday announced its plans to relocate administrative bodies including the National Assembly, ministries and state-run institutions out of the Greater Seoul area, in line with the Lee Jae Myung administration’s pledge for balanced growth.
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[2026-09-03 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will hold a ceremony to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the founding of its armed forces at the runway of the military headquarters of Gyeryongdae next month, the defense ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Sarah Sikatenda, a 45-year-old businesswoman and advocate for refugee women, worked as a journalist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo before arriving in Turkana County in northern Kenya in 2017.
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[2026-09-03 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares extended their gains late Thursday morning as oil prices eased after U.S. President Donald Trump played down the prospect of a prolonged conflict with Iran.
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[2026-09-03 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will launch the Galaxy S26 FE in South Korea later this week.
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[2026-09-03 12:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Movie theaters must provide assistance for people with visual or hearing impairments, South Korea's top court said Thursday, taking sides with four plaintiffs who said not having such aids is discriminatory to people with disabilities.
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[2026-09-03 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will introduce new accident and indemnity health insurance for active-duty and discharged conscripts, in an effort to expand state support for young men serving mandatory military service, the defense ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 12:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Renowned South Korean director Lee Chang-dong has won the Auteur Award at this year's Mill Valley Film Festival, Netflix said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 12:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Defense Minister nominee Kang Shin-chul said Thursday he will pursue the retaking of wartime operational command from Washington in a way that will strengthen the South Korea-US alliance.
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[2026-09-03 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- The government will move central administrative agencies remaining in the Seoul metropolitan area to the central city of Sejong starting next year, Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Jin Jong-oh of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) said Thursday he will file for a court injunction to suspend disciplinary action taken against him for supporting an independent candidate in a parliamentary by-election.
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[2026-09-03 12:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean coffee chain Twosome Place said Thursday it will enter the U.S. market next month, marking its first move into a major overseas market.
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[2026-09-03 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band Stray Kids' latest album, "This & That," has been certified "gold" by a major French recording industry association, the group's agency said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 12:04 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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[2026-09-03 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with comments on military academies in paras 7-9)By Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-09-03 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Renowned South Korean director Lee Chang-dong has won the Auteur Award at this year's Mill Valley Film Festival, Netflix said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won on Thursday denied any intention to order the withdrawal of indictments against President Lee Jae Myung if he takes office, saying the position has no direct authority over such matters.
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[2026-09-03 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- The nation's new acting police chief on Thursday issued a statement of de facto self-reflection over the recent mishandling of high-profile missing-person and murder cases, vowing sweeping internal reforms to regain public trust.
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[2026-09-03 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel met with Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Thursday, her first such meeting with the top South Korean defense chief since assuming the post in late July.
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