Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-23 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- Net profits of South Korean banks fell in the first half of 2026, due mainly to a fall in non-interest income, while their interest income recorded the highest six-month figure on record, data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-23 15:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Experts point to weakness in Korea's missing persons investigation system
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[2026-08-23 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1945 -- A Japanese ship on its way to Korea's southern port of Busan from Japan, carrying 3,725 Koreans, explodes. The Ukishima-Maru was returning Koreans who had been forced to leave home and work in Japan during the 1910-45 colonial era. The incident happened a little more than a week after Japan announced it would give up any rights to Korea following its defeat in World War II.
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[2026-08-23 14:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Genesis, a premium brand under South Korean auto conglomerate Hyundai Motor Group, has developed its new GV90 electric SUV from the ground up, overhauling everything from its platform and battery architecture to its body structure and assembly plant, according to the company.
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[2026-08-23 14:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cultural provocation or personal expression? Controversy highlights lingering tensions over China and Korea’s cultural histories
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[2026-08-23 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's alcoholic beverage production plunged to below 3 million kiloliters (kl) for the first time in 27 years in 2025, data showed Sunday, signaling a structural decline in the industry with more South Koreans turning to healthy lifestyles.
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[2026-08-23 12:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean police have been using drones to assist in searches for missing individuals, in one case allowing Gyeonggi officers to locate a woman in just half an hour, according to a local media outlet on Sunday.
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[2026-08-23 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BUSAN, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in departed for Mongolia on Sunday to attend a United Nations conference on desertification and meet with the Mongolian president.
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[2026-08-23 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major pharmaceutical companies spent around 100 billion won (US$72.13 million) each in the first half for the research and development (R&D) of new drugs, data showed Sunday, in an apparent bid to secure future growth engines.
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[2026-08-23 12:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Ven. Myeongjin, a former head of Bongeunsa temple in central Seoul and a longtime advocate for reform within South Korea’s largest Buddhist order, died Saturday while freediving off the coast of Jeju Island. He was 75.
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[2026-08-23 11:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Netmarble Chairman Bang Jun-hyuk will spend 374 billion won ($270 million) to buy most of Tencent affiliate Han River Investment’s stake in the Korean game developer, tightening his control while removing a potential share-sale pressure.
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[2026-08-23 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Bank of Korea is expected to raise its growth outlook for the South Korean economy this year to over 3 percent, economic experts here said Sunday, citing stronger-than-expected semiconductor exports and recovering domestic demand.
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[2026-08-23 11:46 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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[2026-08-23 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) is expected to raise its growth outlook for the South Korean economy this year to over 3 percent, economic experts here said Sunday, citing stronger-than-expected semiconductor exports and recovering domestic demand.
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[2026-08-23 11:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: No signs have been detected of any imminent dispatch of additional North Korean troops to Russia, a lawmaker said Sunday, citing a report from the South Korean military.
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[2026-08-23 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- All nuclear power plants in South Korea are operating normally without being affected by a magnitude 3.1 earthquake that struck off the southwestern coast Sunday, authorities said.
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[2026-08-23 11:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- No signs have been detected of any imminent dispatch of additional North Korean troops to Russia, a lawmaker said Sunday, citing a report from the South Korean military.
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[2026-08-23 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: JEJU, South Korea, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- A police officer suspected of closing a missing person case without confirming the woman's safety has been placed under emergency arrest, police said Sunday.
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[2026-08-23 10:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea sent its first trial container ship through the Arctic on Saturday, as the Middle East war rattles global shipping, while environmental groups warned the route could accelerate polar ice melt.
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[2026-08-23 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A South Korean container ship is sailing to Europe via the Arctic, in the nation’s first commercial voyage on the route to test its viability as the war in the Middle East rattles global shipping.
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[2026-08-23 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BUSAN NEW PORT, South Korea — South Korea was set Saturday to send its first trial container through the Arctic, as the Middle East war rattles global shipping, while environmental groups warned the route could accelerate polar ice melt.
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[2026-08-23 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday expressed his condolence over the death of Ven. Myeongjin, former chief monk of Bongeun Temple in Seoul.
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[2026-08-23 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president’s push to revive negotiations with Kim Jong-un could see Washington scaling back its military presence in the South
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[2026-08-23 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president’s push to revive negotiations with Kim Jong-un could see Washington scaling back its military presence in the South
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[2026-08-22 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BUSAN, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean container ship on Saturday set sail for Europe via the Arctic route, marking the first pilot operation of such a vessel along the route to test its commercial viability, the oceans ministry said.
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[2026-08-22 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: South Korea has launched its first trial container ship voyage to Europe via the Northern Sea Route (NSR), as disruption to traditional shipping lanes drives growing interest in Russia’s Arctic trade corridor.
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[2026-08-22 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A South Korean container ship sets sail on Saturday for Europe via the Arctic in the nation's first commercial voyage on the route to test its viability, with the hope of turning the southeastern port of Busan into a global maritime hub.
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[2026-08-22 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung plans to invite all lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) for a luncheon next week, his office said Saturday.
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[2026-08-22 17:03 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-22 17:00 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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[2026-08-22 17:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The rose, lychee and raspberry combination known as Ispahan has spread across Seoul patisserie counters in recent years. At the 63 Building in Yeouido, western Seoul, it is now available from the chef who invented it.
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[2026-08-22 17:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Curated exhibitions at Korean hospitals look to make clinical environments less intimidating for patients and their families
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[2026-08-22 17:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Many know Hannam-dong as one of Seoul's wealthiest neighborhoods, a hilly pocket of Yongsan-gu lined with embassies and diplomatic residences.
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[2026-08-22 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With Washington and Pyongyang talking over its head, Seoul is rebooting a border railway to keep its lonely diplomacy on track
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[2026-08-22 16:44 UTC+10:00] [Cheorwon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With Washington and Pyongyang talking over its head, Seoul is rebooting a border railway to keep its lonely diplomacy on track
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[2026-08-22 16:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Showers swept through Seoul and other parts of central Korea on Saturday, with more scattered rain possible through the evening as hot and humid conditions persist across the country.
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[2026-08-22 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1911 -- The Japanese colonial government, which ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1910 until 1945, announces a new public education system in Korea that prohibits the use of Korean language at schools.
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[2026-08-22 14:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band Enhypen's eighth EP sold more than a million copies on the day of its release, according to local sales tracker Hanteo Chart.
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[2026-08-22 13:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BUSAN -- South Korea was set Saturday to send its first trial container through the Arctic, as the Middle East war rattles global shipping, while environmental groups warned the route could accelerate polar ice melt.
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[2026-08-22 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- Girls' Generation's new unit HRS will release its debut digital single, "Skibidi," on Aug. 31, its agency SM Entertainment said on Saturday.
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[2026-08-22 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Pyongyang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite both sides claiming relations had ‘fully recovered’, Seoul did not win Beijing’s support for its latest peace initiative
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[2026-08-22 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite both sides claiming relations had ‘fully recovered’, Seoul did not win Beijing’s support for its latest peace initiative
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[2026-08-22 11:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON -- Democratic lawmakers stepped up their offensive against US President Donald Trump on Friday, after he ordered the scaling back of military exercises with South Korea while pushing for renewed summitry with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this year.
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[2026-08-22 11:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON -- The US government has authorized a potential sale to South Korea of AIM-9X air-to-air missiles and related equipment, the State Department said Friday, noting that the proposed sale will help enhance the Asian ally's air defense capabilities.
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[2026-08-22 11:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON -- An expert on Friday called on South Korea and the United States to address the "political fallout" of US President Donald Trump's decision to scale back their military exercises, noting that the "unnecessary crisis" between the allies has created a roadblock to a coordinated approach toward Pyongyang.
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[2026-08-22 11:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea on Saturday condemned Japan's plan to set a record-high defense budget for next year, calling it a move to prepare for a "war of aggression" and threatening to "counterattack thoroughly" with united strength.
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[2026-08-22 10:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday condemned Japan's plan to set a record-high defense budget for next year, calling it a move to prepare for a "war of aggression" and threatening to "counterattack thoroughly" with united strength.
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[2026-08-22 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group Katseye has scored its highest ranking yet on Britain's Official Albums Chart, debuting at No. 2 with its latest EP, "Wild."
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[2026-08-22 10:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Aug. 22.
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[2026-08-22 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- Democratic lawmakers stepped up their offensive against U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, after he ordered the scaling back of military exercises with South Korea while pushing for renewed summitry with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this year.
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