Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-13 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's financial watchdog urged asset managers Monday to better protect consumers amid increased market volatility.
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[2026-07-13 10:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul shares rebounded Monday after opening lower, tracking gains on Wall Street, though investors remained cautious amid renewed tensions in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-13 10:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with latest details in paras 1-3, 6-11; CHANGES headline and photo)
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[2026-07-13 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating climbed for the second straight week to 48.9 percent, driven by positive sentiment over his diplomacy, a poll showed Monday.
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[2026-07-13 10:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean central bank said the global semiconductor market remains undersupplied and the current AI-driven supercycle is expected to continue for some time, according to a report released Monday, dismissing investors' concerns that the chip cycle has already peaked.
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[2026-07-13 10:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's exports jumped 53.9 percent from a year earlier in the first 10 days of July, data showed Monday, on the back of strong outbound shipments of semiconductor products.
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[2026-07-13 10:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- Baseball fans will soon be able to buy cooked food right from their seats as the government has decided to allow the mobile sale of hotdogs and other cooked foods in stadium aisles and stands as part of deregulation efforts.
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[2026-07-13 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details throughout)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-07-13 10:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The night of July 7, 1994. Three helicopters took off from Pyongyang, flying through a torrential downpour to Kim Il-sung’s villa in the Myohyang Mountains some 160 kilometers northeastward. US military intelligence intercepted a terse message from the site: “The doctors are not here yet.”
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[2026-07-13 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares opened lower Monday as investors remained cautious amid increased Iran uncertainty despite SK hynix's successful U.S. listing last week.
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[2026-07-13 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports jumped 53.9 percent from a year earlier in the first 10 days of July, data showed Monday.
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[2026-07-13 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-07-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will expand the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for soybeans used to grow bean sprouts by 10,000 tons to address domestic supply shortages, the finance ministry said Monday.
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[2026-07-13 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean central bank said the global semiconductor market remains undersupplied and the current AI-driven supercycle is expected to continue for some time, according to a report released Monday, dismissing investors' concerns that the chip cycle has already peaked.
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[2026-07-13 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The Hollywood live-action "Moana" claimed the No. 1 position in its first week on the weekend box-office chart in South Korea, data showed Monday.
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[2026-07-13 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul district court was set to deliver its verdict Monday for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of accepting illegal donations in the form of free opinion polls from a self-proclaimed power broker.
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[2026-07-13 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Premier Pak Thae-song has vowed efforts to expand bilateral ties with China in a thank-you message to Chinese Premier Li Qiang, as he has returned home after a three-day trip to China for a key treaty anniversary, state media reported Monday.
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[2026-07-13 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea ranked sixth among 38 countries in the OECD’s latest Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions, its highest ranking to date.
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[2026-07-13 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Tom Kim ended a 33-month title drought by winning the PGA Tour's Genesis Scottish Open on Sunday (local time).
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[2026-07-13 08:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The Navy said Monday it has recovered the body of a sailor who went missing while aboard a naval vessel on a patrol mission in the East Sea the previous day.
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[2026-07-13 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Use the SK hynix effect to build reserves
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[2026-07-13 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SK hynix's triumphant Nasdaq debut: Korea must brace for tectonic challenges to advance capital market
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[2026-07-13 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Where capital flows: SK hynix's Nasdaq debut celebrates Korea's chip strength, but exposes the limit of local capital market
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[2026-07-13 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on July 13.
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[2026-07-13 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cooler late June, delayed monsoon: Is Korea’s summer just warming up?
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[2026-07-13 06:27 UTC+10:00] [Golf] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: South Korean finishes two shots clear of Min Woo Lee
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[2026-07-13 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tom Kim, of South Korea, waves after his putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-07-13 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Haeran Ryu, of South Korea, plays on the 5th hole during the last round of the Evian Championship women’s golf tournament, in Evian, eastern France, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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[2026-07-13 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Ryu Hae-ran captured her second straight LPGA major title in France on Sunday, prevailing in a playoff after blowing a five-shot lead in the final round.
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[2026-07-12 23:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul recorded its first tropical night of the year after the overnight low remained at 25.2 C, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.
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[2026-07-12 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Cyberattack attempts against the South Korean military reached nearly 19,000 last year, marking the highest figure in five years, a lawmaker said Sunday.
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[2026-07-12 22:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Theater ticket sales in Korea surpassed 70 billion won in the first half of the year for the first time, driven by the success of big-budget productions based on global intellectual property.
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[2026-07-12 22:01 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Seoul – South Korea asked North Korea on Sunday to help search for and return a missing navy sailor believed to have drifted across the de facto inter-Korean maritime border.
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[2026-07-12 21:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean team outlasts China's Bilibili Gaming in a six-and-a-half-hour championship match before a sold-out crowd in Daejeon
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[2026-07-12 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A new Korean novel explores the quiet comforts of food and human connection through 15 interwoven stories drawn from ordinary life.
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[2026-07-12 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Scientists warn that extreme weather events such as heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of human-induced climate change
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[2026-07-12 19:54 UTC+10:00] [Korea Meteorological Administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Scientists warn that extreme weather events such as heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of human-induced climate change
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[2026-07-12 19:14 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Seoul – South Korea issued its first-ever emergency heatwave alert on Sunday under a new warning system launched this year, advising people to halt outdoor activities and keep cool.
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[2026-07-12 18:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Some 37.3 percent of Korean boys who were victims of sex crimes did not tell anyone, a survey by a local civic group working against sexual exploitation of children showed recently.
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[2026-07-12 17:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Ko Ji-woo completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour's High1 Resort Women's Open on Sunday, capturing her first title of the season and the fourth of her career.
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[2026-07-12 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- A senior U.S. Pacific Fleet commander said Sunday he was "extremely pleased" with the South Korean Navy's performance during this year's Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC), praising Seoul's expanded leadership role in the multinational drills.
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[2026-07-12 17:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Top opera singers and Bucheon Philharminic offer 'The Ring of the Nibelung' in one night
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[2026-07-12 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: People visit the World Artificial Intelligence Conference at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai on July 26, 2025. © Reuters
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[2026-07-12 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have held their first joint tabletop exercise aimed at countering foreign disinformation campaigns during wartime, military sources said Sunday.
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[2026-07-12 16:13 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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[2026-07-12 15:57 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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[2026-07-12 15:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Mart, one of South Korea's leading supermarket chains, has opened its 16th store in Vietnam as it accelerates its expansion in Southeast Asia, its operator said Sunday.
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[2026-07-12 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1919 -- The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea establishes the National Red Cross in Shanghai. Korea's Red Cross, originally established in 1905 by a decree of King Gojong, had been merged into the Red Cross of Japan by the Japanese colonial regime. Korea's government in exile revived the relief agency to manifest the country's independence and held its first general meeting in November that year.
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[2026-07-12 14:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Andhra Pradesh offers unique advantages as a gateway to India with its 3S model of speed, stability and service, as South Korean companies shift beyond China, says the state's minister for information technology, electronics and communications, real-time governance, and human resources development.
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[2026-07-12 14:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Monami, the South Korean stationery maker known for its iconic 153 ballpoint pen, expressed gratitude for the outpouring of public support after fears that it could be delisted from the country's main stock market sent its shares soaring, pledging to repay that trust with higher-quality products.
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