Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-27 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: North Korea has condemned US plans to supply South Korea with tactical missiles and fund projects monitoring human rights abuses in the country, warning of a “powerful response” to what Pyongyang described as Washington’s hostile actions.
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[2026-08-27 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Park So-yeon will represent her country in survival horror game Identity V at Asian Games in Japan next month
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[2026-08-27 20:21 UTC+10:00] [Hangzhou] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Park So-yeon will represent her country in survival horror game Identity V at Asian Games in Japan next month
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[2026-08-27 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun expressed condolences Thursday to the people of Nepal over the devastating floods while asking his Nepalese counterpart to actively support the search and rescue of nine missing South Koreans, the foreign ministry said.
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[2026-08-27 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Jared Diamond, a renowned U.S. scholar, suggested Thursday that South Korea refrain from publicly "bad-mouthing" North Korea if it wants to achieve peaceful coexistence with Pyongyang.
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[2026-08-27 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: INCHEON, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- When he retired from baseball in 2021 following five successful seasons in South Korea, Jamie Romak felt a bit rushed, with things coming to an end suddenly.
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[2026-08-27 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong-sik on Thursday asked China to play a "constructive role" in promoting peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, saying the two countries should work together toward that goal.
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[2026-08-27 18:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Sculptor Kwon Chi-kyu's work to be unveiled in US on Oct. 3
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[2026-08-27 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung visited an Air Force fighter wing and an Army missile unit Thursday to inspect defense readiness and encourage troops, the JCS said.
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[2026-08-27 18:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that children born in the country must have access to birth registration regardless of nationality or immigration status, finding lawmakers’ failure to create such a system unconstitutional.
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[2026-08-27 17:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Visitor spending jumps nearly 70% on-year, topping 1 trillion won ($724 million) for a fourth straight month
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[2026-08-27 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Group said Thursday it will provide US$5 million in emergency aid to Nepal to support recovery efforts following deadly floods and landslides that left hundreds of people missing.
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[2026-08-27 17:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS bond yields in bottom)
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[2026-08-27 17:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Seoul court sentenced 20-year-old Kim So-young to life in prison Thursday for giving drug-laced drinks to six men, killing two and injuring four.
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[2026-08-27 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won gained against the U.S. dollar Thursday, as the Bank of Korea (BOK) raised its key rate in a second consecutive increase.
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[2026-08-27 17:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- The Navy said Thursday it plans to begin test flights of the P-3CK patrol aircraft next month, as it seeks to gradually resume operations of the military plane that had been grounded following last year's fatal crash.
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[2026-08-27 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the country's lack of legal provisions for registering the births of foreign nationals born in the country is unconstitutional.
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[2026-08-27 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- A district court on Thursday sentenced a 20-year-old woman to life imprisonment for murdering two men and injuring three others with laced drinks.
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[2026-08-27 17:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks closed over 1 percent higher Thursday, boosted by better-than-expected earnings results from Nvidia, despite a back-to-back rate hike by the Bank of Korea (BOK). The Korean won rose against the US dollar.
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[2026-08-27 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Art] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In his trailblazing work, paint is pushed through the back of hemp to create spare, striking paintings. Abstraction is a form of rebellion, he says – and he has no intention of slowing down
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[2026-08-27 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Threats, coercion and other unlawful means were used when the state auditor conducted an audit during the previous Yoon Suk Yeol government into suspicions involving the preceding Moon Jae-in administration, including alleged manipulation of real estate statistics, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS additional info in paras 3-4, bottom; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-08-27 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea denounced Thursday a potential U.S. arms sale to South Korea and a plan to fund millions of dollars for documenting North Korean human rights violations as proof of continued hostility toward Pyongyang.
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[2026-08-27 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- A state-run child rights agency has been hit with record penalties for leaking more than 1.17 million pieces of personal information, including those of missing children and adoptees, and failing to report the breach, the state data protection watchdog said Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Thursday North Korea's nuclear capabilities have grown 100,000 times over the past 30 years, insisting that pursuing North Korea's complete denuclearization is no longer sustainable.
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[2026-08-27 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- A former Army special forces commander was sentenced to 12 years in prison Thursday for helping seal off the National Assembly compound during former President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law.
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[2026-08-27 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top central banker will attend an annual U.S. symposium and other international meetings to discuss the latest global economic conditions and monetary policy direction, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- The fair trade watchdog's probe into the South Korean arm of U.S.-listed Coupang Inc. appears to have hit a setback after the e-commerce giant refused investigators' recent attempts to conduct on-site inspections, citing procedural issues, industry sources said Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks closed over 1 percent higher Thursday, boosted by better-than-expected earnings results from Nvidia, despite a back-to-back rate hike by the Bank of Korea (BOK). The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-08-27 16:31 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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[2026-08-27 16:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: ● Updated Law: Child Welfare Act
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[2026-08-27 16:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in last 6 paras, new photo)
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[2026-08-27 16:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SM joint venture adds to Korean K-pop agencies' China comeback drive amid uncertainty over Hallyu ban
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[2026-08-27 15:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will intensify its crackdown on Chinese fishing boats operating illegally near the Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea, including by deploying more Coast Guard special forces and strengthening cooperation with Beijing, the government said Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in paras 5, 8-9)
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[2026-08-27 15:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- SSG.com Corp., a major South Korean e-commerce platform, plans to spin off its beauty, fashion and lifestyle business, seven years after its establishment, the company said Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 15:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: From Suh Do-ho's fabric houses and Baselitz's final gold paintings to a posthumous Sol LeWitt, the city's institutions have timed their biggest shows to the September rush
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[2026-08-27 15:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Before Frieze decamps to Dongdaemun Design Plaza next year, the fairs' fifth run at Coex brings overlooked 20th-century names, craft in the spotlight and a citywide coin hunt
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[2026-08-27 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Kim Ha-seong has come through with a walk-off hit for the Atlanta Braves, a rare bright moment for the veteran infielder mired in his least productive season in the majors.
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[2026-08-27 15:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: GM Korea said Thursday it is strengthening its maintenance and customer service capabilities through a nationwide network of more than 380 service centers, including around 130 equipped for advanced electric vehicle repairs.
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[2026-08-27 15:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Toss is providing prepaid cards to international students at 15 universities across Korea, allowing them to make payments before opening a local bank account.
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[2026-08-27 15:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Krafton unveiled five upcoming games at Gamescom 2026 in Cologne, Germany, on Wednesday, as the Korean game developer seeks to build its next generation of long-running global franchises.
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[2026-08-27 15:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans' level of artificial intelligence (AI) utilization is 1.7 times more advanced than the global average, Google Korea said Thursday, citing a report from a global consulting firm.
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[2026-08-27 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose to 50 percent after hitting a record low, a poll showed Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 15:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Suwon Migrant Community Service Center will hold a three-day employment preparation program for married immigrant women seeking to understand the Korean job market and develop practical job-seeking skills.
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[2026-08-27 15:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: September is just around the corner, but South Korea's late-summer heat is showing little sign of letting up, with daytime temperatures forecast to reach as high as 34 degrees Celsius Thursday as rain hits parts of the country.
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[2026-08-27 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) on Thursday delivered its first back-to-back rate hike in three years and seven months, signaling its determination to curb mounting inflationary pressure, rising housing prices and a weak Korean won.
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[2026-08-27 15:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LG Innotek is expanding its partnership with Zoox, Amazon's autonomous driving subsidiary, supplying automotive camera modules for its purpose-built robotaxis, the South Korean electronics parts maker said Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- The 2024 Olympic boxing bronze medalist Im Ae-ji will miss next month's Asian Games after suffering an injury during training, the sport's national federation said Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 15:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An 11-member government rapid response team departed for Nepal on Thursday, which has been devastated by massive flooding and landslides.
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