Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-17 15:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyosung Group said Wednesday it has launched its first AI data center in Seoul with Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, targeting Korea’s rapidly growing data center market — projected to reach 20 trillion won ($13.2 billion) by 2030.
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[2026-06-17 15:41 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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[2026-06-17 15:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Korean drama drew 21 million views during the latest tracking period, while "My Royal Nemesis" and "The Wonderfools" also remained in the global Top 10
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[2026-06-17 15:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean YouTuber Kwak Tube suffered collateral damage in the fallout from a cryptocurrency crash after a Hong Kong-based project founder replaced his social media profile photo with an image of the creator.
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[2026-06-17 15:11 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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[2026-06-17 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader stretches near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-06-17 15:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Top 100 companies paid W2.3tr in shares from January to May
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[2026-06-17 15:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Partly autobiographical novel explores what it takes to repair broken family ties
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[2026-06-17 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is expected to continue facing elevated consumer prices despite the end of the Middle East conflict amid rising incomes following the boom in the technology industry, the central bank said Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1918 -- The Japanese colonial regime completes a research project on land ownership in Korea after eight years of collecting data. The large-scale project was aimed at documenting land ownership on the Korean Peninsula and modernizing data management but ended up leading to the consolidation of land acquisitions by the Japanese, who had not been legally allowed to own land in Korea.
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[2026-06-17 14:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Materials: Ceramics, white porcelain
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[2026-06-17 14:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s largest labor union said Wednesday it will hold a confidence vote on its chief union leader following backlash over a recently concluded wage agreement with management.
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[2026-06-17 14:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- A former trade official has been tapped as the inaugural head of a new state-run company tasked with implementing Seoul's US$350 billion investment pledge to the United States, the finance ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 14:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A mini summer concert is coming to Seoul for a dazzling summer night.
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[2026-06-17 14:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An unusual sequence of fish die-offs along South Korea's east coast is raising questions about whether one of the region's most productive fishing grounds is undergoing a significant ecological shift.
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[2026-06-17 14:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As K-pop and TV propel street dance into the mainstream, Korean dancers try to keep its grassroots culture alive
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[2026-06-17 14:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Korean YouTuber who was targeted by a racist gesture during a recent World Cup match has been invited by FIFA to attend South Korea's group-stage match against Mexico.
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[2026-06-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) was set to file election petitions with the election watchdog Wednesday over a shortage of ballots reported during the June 3 local elections.
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[2026-06-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will remove the ceiling on the amount of rewards for unfair trade tip-offs starting this week in order to better compensate whistleblowers, the antitrust watchdog said Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The Air Force has enforced its sobriety rules loosely, allowing some air traffic controllers to go on duty even after their blood-alcohol levels tested higher than the permissible limit last year under the pretext of testing errors, the Board of Audit and Inspection said Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea became the fourth country to forge a security partnership in artificial intelligence (AI) with OpenAI, the developer behind ChatGPT, according to the science ministry Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 12:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's cosmetics industry is in the midst of a second global boom, powered not by legal conglomerates but by fast-moving indie brands, sophisticated manufacturers and the growing influence of social media.
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[2026-06-17 12:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's auto exports decreased nearly 6 percent in May from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday, amid disruptions in the supply of auto parts following a fire at a local factory.
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[2026-06-17 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks gained ground late Wednesday morning, but major tech companies continued to trade lower following a tech slide in the U.S. market overnight.
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[2026-06-17 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in paras 11-12)
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[2026-06-17 12:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Felix of Stray Kids will join a global campaign to promote hanbok, or Korean traditional attire, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's cosmetics industry is in the midst of a second global boom, powered not by legal conglomerates but by fast-moving indie brands, sophisticated manufacturers and the growing influence of social media.
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[2026-06-17 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Police plan to investigate a woman who staged a solo blockade of a gymnasium used as a ballot-counting center for the June 3 local elections in southern Seoul, officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 12:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean bond market sentiment slightly improved for July after the United States and Iran agreed on a deal to end the war in the Middle East, a poll showed Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Hyosung Group said Wednesday it has opened a hyperscale data center in Seoul in partnership with a Singapore-based data center operator as it steps up its push into artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
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[2026-06-17 12:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Older maternal age, weakened delivery infrastructure, affordable C-sections drive dramatic shift in birth practices in S. Korea
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[2026-06-17 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Members of the country’s press were caught making disparaging remarks about Son Heung-min’s military record
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[2026-06-17 12:01 UTC+10:00] [World Cup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Members of the country’s press were caught making disparaging remarks about Son Heung-min’s military record
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[2026-06-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's auto exports decreased nearly 6 percent in May from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday, amid disruptions in the supply of auto parts following a fire at a local factory.
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[2026-06-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Mongolia discussed ways to accelerate economic cooperation, including progress on a trade agreement under negotiation, as the two countries seek to bolster cooperation in supply chains for key minerals, the trade ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 11:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Jennie of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK stayed at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Dracula," a collaboration with Australian act Tame Impala, according to the chart updated Tuesday (U.S. time).
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[2026-06-17 11:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Monthly spending by foreign tourists in South Korea exceeded 2 trillion won ($1.32 billion) for the first time in May, data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Monthly spending by foreign tourists in South Korea exceeded 2 trillion won ($1.32 billion) for the first time in May, data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry on Wednesday rolled out a plan to ease the boundaries of the military-controlled buffer zone along the inter-Korean border to allow wider civilian access and spur regional growth.
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[2026-06-17 11:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will review measures to offer income tax cuts for young workers at small and medium-sized enterprises in line with efforts to revitalize regional economies, the finance minister said.
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[2026-06-17 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will review measures to offer income tax cuts for young workers at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in line with efforts to revitalize regional economies, the finance minister said.
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[2026-06-17 10:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korean two-way prospect has signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks, forgoing a domestic league draft where he was projected as a top-three pick.
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[2026-06-17 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Kim Kyung-ryul said Wednesday the Navy is pushing to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology across its operations to prepare for future warfare and increase operational efficiency.
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[2026-06-17 10:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks opened lower Wednesday, partly driven by investors pulling out of stocks related to artificial intelligence in the US market.
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[2026-06-17 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES para 2; ADDS additional info in para 4, bottom; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-06-17 10:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will try to win consecutive group stage matches for the first time in their FIFA World Cup history when they face Mexico this week.
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[2026-06-17 10:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean two-way prospect has signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks, forgoing a domestic league draft where he was projected as a top-three pick.
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[2026-06-17 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened lower Wednesday, partly driven by investors pulling out of artificial intelligence (AI)-related stocks in the U.S. market.
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[2026-06-17 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Defense chief to propose target year for wartime OPCON transfer to S. Korean, U.S. presidents at year-end
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[2026-06-17 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to roll out tailored job support measures for different sectors, including manufacturing, construction and agriculture, amid the fallout from the Middle East crisis, the finance ministry said Wednesday.
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