Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-30 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Seong-sook instructed relevant agencies Sunday to make thorough preparations against damage from heavy rains forecast for this week.
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[2026-08-30 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Must-sees in September include steamy period drama The Scandal, office comedy The Ordinary Jackpot and the return of Made in Korea
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[2026-08-30 21:15 UTC+10:00] [K-drama] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Must-sees in September include steamy period drama The Scandal, office comedy The Ordinary Jackpot and the return of Made in Korea
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[2026-08-30 21:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Storms to hit hardest in central regions; Seoul to see heaviest rain before dawn
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[2026-08-30 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Show producer reveals concept stems from curiosity about how awareness of mortality shapes young people’s perspectives on life and love
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[2026-08-30 20:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Show producer reveals concept stems from curiosity about how awareness of mortality shapes young people’s perspectives on life and love
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[2026-08-30 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- More than 80 percent of young South Koreans are interested in marriage compared with just 57.6 percent of young Japanese singles, a survey showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 18:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Government-backed container run to Europe will assess costs, cargo demand and geopolitical risks
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[2026-08-30 18:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The IMAX epic passed 8.47 million admissions Sunday and could hit the coveted 10 million mark within a week
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[2026-08-30 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to continue using helicopters in search operations Sunday in Nepal to locate nine South Koreans who have gone missing after a catastrophic flash flood devastated the Himalayan country, the foreign ministry said.
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[2026-08-30 17:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Younger residents prioritize public transit, middle-aged Seoulites parking and older people pedestrian safety
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[2026-08-30 16:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korea is pitching its mountains as its next tourism destination, and 11 French hikers on Bukhansan were the first to test.
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[2026-08-30 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Yong Hye-in, a two-term lawmaker advocating universal basic income, was named Sunday as the nominee to head the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
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[2026-08-30 16:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government is reviewing a plan to provide regular in-flight meals to foreign nationals awaiting deportation, a move aimed at better protecting basic rights.
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[2026-08-30 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean smaller companies' business outlook rose for the second consecutive month for September but still remains below par, a poll showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 15:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Kim Seung-won of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) was named Sunday as the nominee for new justice minister.
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[2026-08-30 15:51 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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[2026-08-30 15:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday nominated two-term Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Lee So-young as minister of SMEs and startups, ending a 61-day vacancy following Han Seong-sook’s departure to become prime minister.
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[2026-08-30 15:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Lotte Wellfood said Sunday it opened a K-Snack House pop-up at Lotte Department Store’s Main Store in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, to promote Korean snacks to overseas tourists.
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[2026-08-30 15:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign patients spend more across Korea, but most money still flows to Seoul
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[2026-08-30 15:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean Vice Minister for Transport Hong Jee-sun was named to lead the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 15:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies is forecast to increase NAND wafer output by nearly 25 percent next year, as it seeks to catch up with its Korean rivals, whose major expansions are not expected until 2028.
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[2026-08-30 15:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Kang Shin-chul, South Korea's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, was named Sunday as the nominee for defense minister.
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[2026-08-30 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1989 -- Dong Ah Construction Industrial Co. Ltd. clinches a US$5.3 billion order from Libya to build its waterway system. At the time, the project's budget was the largest of any project in the world.
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[2026-08-30 15:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s First Vice Finance Minister Lee Hyung-il was nominated Sunday as deputy prime minister and minister of finance and economy, placing a veteran technocrat with deep experience in macroeconomic policy at the helm of the country’s economy.
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[2026-08-30 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Minister nominee Lee So-young is a two-term lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), known for her career as a climate and environmental lawyer.
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[2026-08-30 14:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A former judge who became a leading architect of the ruling party’s prosecution overhaul has been nominated to lead Korea’s Justice Ministry.
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[2026-08-30 14:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul Fashion Week returns Tuesday for a six-day run that splits the city's biggest fashion event between two landmarks for the first time.
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[2026-08-30 14:47 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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[2026-08-30 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Lee Hyoung-il, named new finance minister Sunday, is known as a macroeconomic expert with extensive experience in financial and economic policy.
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[2026-08-30 14:26 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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[2026-08-30 14:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Hong Jee-sun, tapped as the new land minister Sunday, is a seasoned government official with extensive experience in urban housing and transportation policy.
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[2026-08-30 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Corporate taxes paid by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. totaled a combined 11.2 trillion won (US$8.1 billion) in the first half of this year amid the recent semiconductor supercycle, financial data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 13:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has nominated Vice Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il as the new finance minister and tapped five others as new ministers in a major Cabinet reshuffle, a presidential official said Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- More than 350 disciplinary actions against police officers have been reduced, overturned or nullified over the past five years through appeals, data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's monetary policy should focus on preventing core inflation from spreading broadly and remaining elevated as robust exports spill over into the broader economy and intensify demand-side inflationary pressures, a central bank report said Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 12:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Washington’s policy shift opens a new front for HD Hyundai and Hanwha Ocean in the US naval market
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[2026-08-30 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- The number of new jobs held by people in their 20s and 30s fell to a record low in the first quarter, government data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 12:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The number of foreign medical tourists coming to South Korea topped 2 million last year amid growing global interest in the country's medical services, a report showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol canceled his planned trip to the United States to attend an upcoming Group of 20 (G20) meeting without giving a reason, government sources said Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- The number of foreign medical tourists coming to South Korea topped 2 million last year amid growing global interest in the country's medical services, a report showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 11:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Seoul citizens named traffic congestion, nighttime crime and fine dust as the areas most in need of smart city solutions, a poll showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 11:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Police in southeastern South Korea have recovered additional remains of a female Chinese graduate student allegedly killed and dismembered by a Chinese university lecturer, authorities said Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's defence minister has been dismissed as part of a reshuffle of the country's military leadership, state media reported Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 11:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean individual investors purchased over $7 billion worth of US stocks over the past two months amid a correction in the local equity market, industry data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 11:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean individual investors purchased over US$7 billion worth of U.S. stocks over the past two months amid a correction in the local equity market, industry data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 10:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HIT Forum keynote speaker Alexander Treves says wider earnings growth and tangible Value-Up results are essential for durable foreign inflows
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[2026-08-30 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; ADDS more details in 9th para; REPLACES photos)
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[2026-08-30 10:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea has replaced its defense minister in a reshuffle of senior military leadership, state media reported Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 09:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: No Kwang-chol was also demoted in the ruling party leadership to ‘first vice-director of the Munitions Industry Department’
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