Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-19 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES with more details throughout; TRIMS)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-08-19 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with hearing details in paras 6-7)
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[2026-08-19 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- New ruling Democratic Party (DP) leader Kim Min-seok visited former President Moon Jae-in at his home in the southeastern city of Yangsan on Wednesday, pledging to work toward healing within the party after a bitter election campaign.
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[2026-08-19 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more details from 6th para; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-08-19 16:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's investments into startups for the first half of 2026 marked a record high for the six-month period, amid active investments into cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, government data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 16:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Data shows Wavve nearly closing gap with Netflix on users' time spent in first half of 2026
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[2026-08-19 16:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The ruling Democratic Party of Korea on Wednesday passed a motion to set up a special committee to support Busan’s bid to host the 2028 United Nations Ocean Conference.
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[2026-08-19 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares dipped nearly 6 percent Wednesday, led by steep losses in chipmakers, as rising oil prices and global bond yields dampened investor sentiment. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-08-19 16:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Specialist urges world’s third-largest pension fund to turn reform rules into action
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[2026-08-19 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Lee proposes dialogue with N. Korea to officially end Korean War, halt Pyongyang's nuclear program
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[2026-08-19 16:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES with more info, background throughout, minor edits)By Kim Seung-yeon and Song Sang-ho
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[2026-08-19 16:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Finance chief pledges market reforms, equal treatment as Seoul seeks deeper strategic cooperation
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[2026-08-19 16:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Wednesday sought a 10 million-won (US$7,150) fine for former President Yoon Suk Yeol during his appellate trial on perjury charges.
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[2026-08-19 16:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will officially introduce short-term parental leave of one or two weeks from Thursday, aimed at helping parents cope with sudden or short-term gaps in childcare.
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[2026-08-19 16:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Ahead of next year’s split, the fairs return to Coex Sept. 2 with new sections, Kiaf’s first creative director and 300-plus galleries
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[2026-08-19 15:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The won broke into the 1,300-per-dollar range Wednesday for the first time in more than 10 months, defying a steep Kospi selloff as weak US data pressured the dollar and Korean exporters sold more of their dollar holdings.
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[2026-08-19 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul metropolitan government announced Wednesday a sweeping urban initiative to provide continuous shaded paths across all city sidewalks starting in 2028, framing extreme heat as a critical public safety disaster.
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[2026-08-19 15:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Record earnings at Korea Zinc contrast with Young Poong’s weakening profit and lower smelter utilization
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[2026-08-19 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Wednesday it has launched a landing support vessel jointly built with SIMA, Peru's state-owned shipyard, for the Peruvian Navy.
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[2026-08-19 15:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CJ's US bakery rides eight years of profit toward 1,000 stores by 2030 on Korean-themed design, menu, atmosphere
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[2026-08-19 15:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The interior ministry said Wednesday that a nationwide civil defense drill simulating an enemy air raid will be conducted later this week.
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[2026-08-19 15:40 UTC+10:00] [South Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung has long pushed for stronger homegrown defences, yet Donald Trump’s move has sparked alarm in some quarters
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[2026-08-19 15:37 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-19 15:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said Wednesday it has launched the Chimbote, the first of two landing support ships being jointly built in Peru under a new export model combining Korean technology with local production.
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[2026-08-19 15:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The BMW Championship, the second stop of the 2026 FedEx Cup playoffs, begins Thursday at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, with three South Korean players seeking places in the season-ending Tour Championship.
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[2026-08-19 15:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Authorities are investigating a nursing hospital in Seoul after a patient's severed toe was found in a refrigerator in the facility's kitchen.
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[2026-08-19 15:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea secured a place in the quarterfinals of the 2026 FIBA U18 Asia Cup after edging Japan 67-64 in Ahmedabad, India, on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-19 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon policy chief, has just completed a tour of South-east Asia where he tried to assure America’s allies that the US is still with them and dissuade them from pursuing a “middle power” strategy that excludes Washington and its weapons industry.
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[2026-08-19 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Wednesday he hoped scaled-back military drills between South Korea and the United States could open the door for dialogue between North Korea and Washington.
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[2026-08-19 15:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul will increase the number of late-night autonomous taxis operating in southern Seoul from seven to 19 starting Thursday and plans to gradually introduce vehicles without a safety operator in the driver’s seat.
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[2026-08-19 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Police have determined the statute of limitations has expired regarding allegations that the Korea Football Association (KFA) offered sexual entertainment to foreign referees between 2011 and 2012, an official said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 15:07 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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[2026-08-19 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1901 -- Construction begins on a railroad connecting Seoul and Busan.
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[2026-08-19 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: South Korea and the United States have shortened the duration of their joint military drills and scaled back field training exercises after US President Donald Trump ordered a “substantial reduction” in the annual war games.
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[2026-08-19 14:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Period: Unified Silla Period
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[2026-08-19 14:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol on Wednesday emphasized South Korea's commitment to actively engage in dialogue with the United States as Seoul seeks to implement a US$350 billion investment plan agreed upon as part of comprehensive bilateral tariff negotiations.
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[2026-08-19 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The Korean film "The Table: Day and Night" will open this year's Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), organizers said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 14:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to create shaded walking routes across the city to protect residents from increasingly severe summer heat, Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Seong-sook visited an apartment complex construction site in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Wednesday in line with her pledge to personally keep checking the progress in the government's housing supply plan unveiled last week.
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[2026-08-19 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Wednesday the government had not been informed in advance of U.S. President Donald Trump's directive to scale back combined military exercises.
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[2026-08-19 14:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul Northern District Court sentenced a 19-year-old to six months in prison, suspended for three years, for falsely claiming in a YouTube livestream comment that he had planted a bomb at a train station.
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[2026-08-19 14:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul Foreign Resident Center has launched a multilingual consultation service for foreign residents seeking help with insurance claims and compensation after car accidents.
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[2026-08-19 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Army soldiers conduct a training exercise on a river in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the North Korean border on Aug. 18. © AP
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[2026-08-19 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Army soldiers conduct a training exercise on a river in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the North Korean border on Aug. 18. © AP
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[2026-08-19 14:01 UTC+10:00] [COMMENTARY] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump has long touted his personal relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Now that relationship is beginning to affect the military architecture that has underpinned security in Northeast Asia for decades.
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[2026-08-19 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Visits to Manila, Seoul and Tokyo seek to reassure, even as the Iran war drains assets and White House rhetoric rattles allies
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[2026-08-19 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Frank Bradley] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Visits to Manila, Seoul and Tokyo seek to reassure, even as the Iran war drains assets and White House rhetoric rattles allies
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[2026-08-19 13:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Territorial Disputes
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[2026-08-19 13:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US and South Korean soldiers take part in joint drills in 2023
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[2026-08-19 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean and US militaries have agreed to shorten their drills at the US's request, South Korean officials said Wednesday, a move that likely reflected President Donald Trump’s hopes to reengage with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but could undermine a US-South Korean defense readiness.
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