Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-14 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung pledged Friday to restore the honor of South Korean women sexually enslaved by Japan during World War II, saying Seoul will play a central role in Asia in promoting the values of human rights and peace.
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[2026-08-14 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min and his Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) have been eliminated from a continental club tournament.
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[2026-08-14 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1945 -- Korea is liberated from Japan's colonial rule, which began in 1910. On the same day, Yeo Un-hyung (1886-1947), a left-leaning nationalist, sets up a national foundation preparation committee.
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[2026-08-14 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The upcoming key combined exercise with South Korea will focus on "modernizing" the bilateral alliance and "shaping" the security environment in Northeast Asia, the U.S. military said Friday, a reference that may hint at the scope of its role expanding beyond the Korean Peninsula.
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[2026-08-14 14:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hong Myung-bo, former head coach of the South Korean men's national soccer team, reportedly said he did not have direct communication with former Korea Football Association chief Chung Mong-gyu during his appointment in 2024.
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[2026-08-14 14:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean schools education authorities are set to expand the pilot programs limiting smart device use even during breaks from the second semester, in a bid to reduce cyberbullying and other student issues related to electronic devices.
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[2026-08-14 14:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details)
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[2026-08-14 14:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team said Friday it has indicted four lawmakers of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) for allegedly obstructing investigators from detaining former President Yoon Suk Yeol in the wake of his failed 2024 martial law bid.
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[2026-08-14 14:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a knife attack at a Hong Kong housing estate to a South Korean star’s apology, here are the top stories from SCMP’s recent reporting
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[2026-08-14 14:15 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a knife attack at a Hong Kong housing estate to a South Korean star’s apology, here are the top stories from SCMP’s recent reporting
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[2026-08-14 14:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea confirmed Friday that Kazakhstan would be given a quota for E-9 visas, allowing work mostly in manual labor sectors such as farming and manufacturing, starting in 2028.
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[2026-08-14 13:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Gov't aims to supply over 230,000 additional homes in Seoul metropolitan area to tame housing prices
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[2026-08-14 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- At least 10 major overseas institutions, including the U.S. Department of State and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), use exclusively the name "Sea of Japan" for the body of water between South Korea and Japan, historically called the East Sea, a nongovernmental organization in Seoul said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Kazakhstan has been designated as a sending country under the employment permit system (EPS) and workers from the Central Asian nation are expected to arrive starting in 2028, officials said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung believes it is up to the National Assembly to decide the direction of a constitutional revision, a presidential official said Friday, adding the president sees problems arising from the country's governing system that rests too much power on the president.
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[2026-08-14 13:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul is looking to Euljiro's blend of industrial heritage and lively outdoor drinking culture as a model for drawing more tourists after dark, as city officials pledge safer streets and better multilingual guidance.
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[2026-08-14 13:39 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: SEOUL – North Korea is denouncing upcoming joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean forces and warning it could respond with stronger deterrence measures.
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[2026-08-14 13:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: By Kim Seung-yeon and Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-08-14 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Daily spot transactions in the foreign exchange market rose more than 10 percent following the launch of around-the-clock foreign exchange trading last month, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's money supply continued to rise in June on an increase in short-term deposits and funds, central bank data showed Friday.
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[2026-08-14 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's disapproval rating has surpassed his approval rating for the first time since he took office, a survey showed Friday, amid mounting criticism of his real estate policies.
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[2026-08-14 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more details in last 2 paras)
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[2026-08-14 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: GOYANG, South Korea, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- A district court has fined a photojournalist 5 million won (US$3,500) for illegally traveling to Ukraine in 2022 to cover the country's war with Russia, legal sources said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Musinsa Co., a South Korean fashion and retail platform company, said Friday it will open an offline outlet in Indonesia as part of its global expansion strategy.
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[2026-08-14 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares pared earlier gains late Friday morning as retail and institutional investors continued to sell large-cap technology stocks despite bargain hunting by foreign investors.
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[2026-08-14 12:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean transportation payment operator Tmoney said Friday it had officially launched its tagless payment service across all 25 stations on the first section of Seoul Subway Line 9, from Gaehwa to Sinnonhyeon.
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[2026-08-14 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho, the world No. 1 men's doubles team in badminton, said Friday they will try to return to their winning ways at the upcoming world championships.
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[2026-08-14 12:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Although extreme heat has reduced South Korea's mosquito numbers this summer, health authorities caution that it is too soon to relax precautions as temperatures moderate.
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[2026-08-14 12:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Former South Korean professional baseball player and manager Baek In-chun died Friday of cerebral infarction at the age of 83, according to the Korea Baseball Organization.
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[2026-08-14 12:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The recent death of Ahn Pan-seok, the director of hit dramas "Behind the White Tower" in 2007 and "Something in the Rain" in 2018, has sparked tributes across Korea's entertainment industry.
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[2026-08-14 12:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: More than 8 out of 10 subscribers of the elderly care insurance are of Korean ethnicity, with most coming while already seniors
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[2026-08-14 12:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: K-pop agency home to Rose, Taeyang to manage football star's TV appearances, endorsements in Korea
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[2026-08-14 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Friday took aim at the government's recently unveiled housing plan, calling it a rehash of previous measures that fail to ease people's burdens and address housing shortages.
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[2026-08-14 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of information and communication technology (ICT) products jumped 140.6 percent in July from a year earlier, driven by sustained global investments into artificial intelligence (AI), government data showed Friday.
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[2026-08-14 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: CHANGWON, South Korea, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Fire authorities deployed more than 150 water tankers Friday to supply water to South Gyeongsang Province under an extended national firefighting mobilization order to combat a severe drought in the southeastern region.
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[2026-08-14 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Badminton Olympic champion An Se-young said Friday she is willing to play through lingering pain in her left foot as she chases her second career women's singles world title this month.
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[2026-08-14 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's chief financial regulator said Friday that household loan growth slowed in July under tightened regulations, but it needs to tightly control consumer lending in the face of higher home prices and a rise in transactions.
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[2026-08-14 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-08-14 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Paris Baguette, a bakery brand operated by South Korean food and beverage company Paris Croissant Co., said Friday it will raise prices of 127 products amid rising raw material costs.
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[2026-08-14 11:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean benchmark Kospi rose above the 7,000-point mark during trading Friday for the first time in 15 sessions, buoyed by gains in US technology stocks.
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[2026-08-14 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it will unveil a next-generation humanoid robot capable of bipedal walking, based on Nvidia Corp.'s robotics platform, in the first quarter of 2027.
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[2026-08-14 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The antitrust regulator said Friday that the number of conglomerate-affiliated companies fell slightly from three months earlier, amid industrywide portfolio restructuring efforts.
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[2026-08-14 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- K-pop idol group BIGBANG has been appointed as the inaugural honorary ambassador for the national space agency, the group's agency said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The arms procurement agency said Friday it delivered the first vessel of the upgraded fast attack patrol ship program to the Navy, aiming to enhance naval combat capabilities defending the western maritime border with North Korea.
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[2026-08-14 11:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's economic recovery trend is strengthening, driven by robust exports and improving domestic consumption, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A vehicle from U.S. Army’s the Stryker Combat Team crosses a floating bridge on the Namhan River during the combined river-crossing drill between South Korea and the United States as a part of the Ulchi Freedom Shield 25 in Yeoju, South Korea, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
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[2026-08-14 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economic recovery trend is strengthening, driven by robust exports and improving domestic consumption, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 10:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has recruited two experts in artificial intelligence (AI) and data engineering to strengthen its AI capabilities in its semiconductor business.
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[2026-08-14 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Actor Kim Min-hee and her longtime partner, director Hong Sang-soo, attended the Locarno Film Festival this week, foreign media reports showed Friday, in what marked their first public appearance together following the birth of their son.
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[2026-08-14 10:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea on Friday denounced an upcoming joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States, warning it will respond to the drills "with a new level of a deterrent."
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