Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-31 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SINGAPORE, May 31 (Yonhap) -- At a key defense forum in Singapore, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back has highlighted South Korea's efforts to strengthen its "self-reliant" defense capabilities amid growing North Korean threats and a volatile security environment shaped in part by the Middle East tensions.
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[2026-05-31 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Education (DepEd) highlighted the personal and professional growth experienced by Filipino educators through the Korea-Philippines Teacher Exchange Program (KPTEP), underscoring how international exposure directly translates to grassroots educational innovation.
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[2026-05-31 18:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's foreign exchange market will move to round-the-clock won-dollar trading from July, marking a major step in efforts to improve market accessibility.
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[2026-05-31 18:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Domestic producers face cheaper foreign competition amid falling milk consumption and rigid pricing rules
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[2026-05-31 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BTS fans in Taiwan are turning to Yue Lao, the Taoist God of Love in charge of love and marriage, in the hope that divine matchmaking will connect them with seats for the world-renowned South Korean boy band's upcoming Kaohsiung shows.
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[2026-05-31 18:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: More science and technology talent will become eligible for South Korea’s "top-tier visa" starting in June, as part of a government policy aimed at attracting more than 2,000 foreign researchers and professionals by 2030.
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[2026-05-31 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in paras 5 and 10)
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[2026-05-31 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SINGAPORE, May 31 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Sunday sought bipartisan U.S. congressional support for South Korea's nuclear-powered submarine project, as he met with members of the House of Representatives and the Senate at a defense forum, Seoul's defense ministry said.
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[2026-05-31 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS Ahn's remarks, background throughout)
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[2026-05-31 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Computex 2026 will feature speakers from many of the world's most important chip companies, with a focus on artificial intelligence, robotics, mobility and other next-gen tech. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
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[2026-05-31 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- Police on Sunday accelerated their probe into last week's deadly collapse of an overpass in central Seoul, focusing on whether the demolition work at the time of the accident was carried out in accordance with proper safety guidelines.
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[2026-05-31 16:20 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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[2026-05-31 16:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Russia and China on Friday underscored their strategic partnership and commitment to what they described as “win-win cooperation” rather than a “zero-sum game,” at a joint reception in Seoul.
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[2026-05-31 16:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Number of foreign visitors surged by 18.8 percent on-year in April
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[2026-05-31 16:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back met with his Singaporean counterpart Chan Chun Sing on Sunday in Singapore to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral defense and arms industry cooperation, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said.
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[2026-05-31 16:03 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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[2026-05-31 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SINGAPORE, May 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has discussed a Japan-proposed bilateral military logistics support pact with Tokyo, although Seoul maintained its reservations over the matter, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Sunday.
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[2026-05-31 15:29 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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[2026-05-31 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- A total of 1.56 million foreign tourists visited Seoul in April, marking an 18.8 percent increase from the same month last year, the metropolitan government said Sunday.
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[2026-05-31 15:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CJ Group Chairman Lee Jae-hyun visited Olive Young's first US store in Pasadena, California, to take stock of the beauty retailer's overseas operations and the conglomerate's larger play to build a Korean lifestyle presence in North America.
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[2026-05-31 15:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Discussion surrounding 'Korean social solidarity wage' postponed to after local elections
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[2026-05-31 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 10-15)
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[2026-05-31 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1981 -- The Kyobo Book Center, or Kyobo Mungo, opens in the Kyobo Building in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul. The bookshop is the largest and most famous bookstore in South Korea, now boasting 10 stores across the country.
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[2026-05-31 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: PROVO, United States, May 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea may not have been tested much in their 5-0 drubbing of Trinidad and Tobago in a World Cup tuneup match Saturday in Utah, but head coach Hong Myung-bo claimed he was happy with both the process and the result.
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[2026-05-31 14:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: PROVO, United States, May 30 (Yonhap) -- It took South Korea more than half an hour of action to get going but it's always better late than never.
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[2026-05-31 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Organisers of the Yeoju Ceramic Festival apologised amid public backlash and calls for accountability
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[2026-05-31 14:30 UTC+10:00] [Korean pottery] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Organisers of the Yeoju Ceramic Festival apologised amid public backlash and calls for accountability
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[2026-05-31 14:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Korean Pavilion to spotlight 'hyper-shrinkage' and adaptive urban futures
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[2026-05-31 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: PROVO, United States, May 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean captain Son Heung-min arrived in World Cup training camp in Utah this month without a goal for Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) in the current Major League Soccer season, having recorded nine assists in 13 matches.
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[2026-05-31 13:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea handled Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 in the first of its two pre-World Cup friendly matches in US training camp Saturday, with captain Son Heung-min and striker Cho Gue-sung each netting twice.
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[2026-05-31 13:30 UTC+10:00] [South Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss how AI intensifies a culture of performance encouraged by social media, and change in Hong Kong’s Central district
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[2026-05-31 13:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details from para 6, photos)
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[2026-05-31 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: PROVO, United States, May 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea handled Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 in the first of their two pre-World Cup friendly matches in their U.S. training camp Saturday, with captain Son Heung-min and striker Cho Gue-sung each netting twice.
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[2026-05-31 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- The chief of North Korea's spy agency has attended an international security forum in Russia and held a meeting with the country's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, the North's state media reported Sunday.
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[2026-05-31 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon vowed to double down on efforts to support the local artificial intelligence (AI) sector so that South Korea can become a "full stack" supplier of the technology.
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[2026-05-31 13:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The OECD’s highest-suicide country is expanding its 109 hotline after more than half of daily calls went unanswered
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[2026-05-31 13:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Bae Kyung-hoon says stronger investment in GPUs, data and talent is needed to secure sovereign AI capabilities
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[2026-05-31 12:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: To mark the upcoming National Veterans’ Month, HD Hyundai Chair Chung Ki-sun and HD Construction Equipment CEO Moon Jae-young joined 200 employees to pay tribute to national heroes at the Seoul National Cemetery, the Yeongcheon National Cemetery, and the Geosan National Cemetery on Friday.
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[2026-05-31 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean vessel has successfully transited the Red Sea and is currently en route home, marking the sixth crude oil shipment to use the route, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Sunday.
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[2026-05-31 12:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Dong Guangping, the Chinese dissident who arrived in South Korea on a rubber boat, is drawing attention nationwide, as some legal experts say he is unlikely to be immediately repatriated to China and speculate he may apply for refugee status.
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[2026-05-31 12:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean cellist Kim Tae-yeon won second prize in the cello division of the 2026 Queen Elisabeth Competition, which concluded Saturday in Brussels, according to the Kumho Cultural Foundation on Sunday.
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[2026-05-31 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Credit loans at major South Korean banks surged in May at the fastest pace in more than five years, data showed Sunday, as investors increasingly took out loans to buy stocks amid a record-breaking market rally.
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[2026-05-31 12:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said her country shares "a common position" with Russia on all strategic issues at an event commemorating a late Russian ambassador, a Russian report has said.
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[2026-05-31 12:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Rival parties were to stage last-minute campaigns Sunday, the last weekend before this week's nationwide elections, focusing on battleground regions, including Seoul.
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[2026-05-31 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- CJ Group Chairman Lee Jae-hyun visited CJ Olive Young Corp.'s first U.S. store in California and called for efforts to promote healthy and stylish lifestyles among American consumers, the company said Sunday.
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[2026-05-31 11:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean food delivery platform Baemin, operated by Woowa Brothers, is set to accept overseas Apple Pay cards, becoming the first such platform in the country to do so as foreign demand for its services surges.
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[2026-05-31 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said her country shares "a common position" with Russia on all strategic issues at an event commemorating a late Russian ambassador, a Russian report has said.
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[2026-05-31 11:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- Credit loans at major South Korean banks surged in May at the fastest pace in more than five years, data showed Sunday, as investors increasingly took out loans to buy stocks amid a record-breaking market rally.
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[2026-05-31 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- Rival parties were to stage last-minute campaigns Sunday, the last weekend before this week's nationwide elections, focusing on battleground regions, including Seoul.
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[2026-05-31 11:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign selling of South Korean stocks listed on the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index reached a record high in May, while foreign investors poured a record amount into the tech-heavy Kosdaq market, data showed Sunday.
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