Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-14 10:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Import prices fell for the second consecutive month in July due to a stronger Korean won and a decrease in oil prices amid the protracted Middle East uncertainties, central bank data showed Friday.
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[2026-08-14 10:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday criticized the United States' new nuclear strategy under review as lowering the threshold for nuclear use, vowing to strengthen its "nuclear deterrent for self-defense."
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[2026-08-14 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung was set to hold a meeting with experts Friday and discuss possible policy measures to support the youth, the presidential office said.
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[2026-08-14 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Enerbility Co., a major South Korean plant builder, said Friday it has secured a contract from U.S. nuclear energy firm TerraPower to manufacture key equipment for its small modular reactor (SMR) project currently under construction in the United States.
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[2026-08-14 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES photo; ADDS more info throughout)
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[2026-08-14 10:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Baek In-chun, the only player to bat .400 in a South Korean professional baseball season, died Friday at the age of 82, officials said.
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[2026-08-14 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares opened sharply higher Friday, led by gains in major chipmakers, tracking an overnight rally in U.S. shares, as latest U.S. data eased woes over accelerating inflation.
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[2026-08-14 10:01 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 10:00 UTC+10:00] [OECD] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country has identified seven next-generation industries, including nuclear fusion and small modular reactors, to stem sluggish growth potential
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[2026-08-14 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country has identified seven next-generation industries, including nuclear fusion and small modular reactors, to stem sluggish growth potential
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[2026-08-14 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Yeongdeok National Heritage Night Festival
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[2026-08-14 09:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- 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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[2026-08-14 08:15 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 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Thursday to impose new tariffs on drones and their components, including a 15 percent levy on imports from South Korea, Japan and other economies, the White House said, portraying the move as an effort to bolster national security.
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[2026-08-14 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Housing supply plan reaches greenbelt, but trust and execution are key
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[2026-08-14 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: South Korea's red line on arming Ukraine: Seoul's restraint is sober calculation of its own survival
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[2026-08-14 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: AI-driven search shift: Google's rise in Korea illustrates why portals like Naver must adapt to AI era
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[2026-08-14 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Aug. 14.
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[2026-08-14 07:32 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 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Import prices fell for the second consecutive month in July due to a stronger Korean won and a decrease in oil prices amid the protracted Middle East uncertainties, central bank data showed Friday.
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[2026-08-14 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Imagine the vast Central Park in New York or Hyde Park in London being occupied by foreign troops. It would be a tremendous humiliation for New Yorkers or Londoners, as well as for Americans or Britons more generally. Unfortunately, such an unthinkable and unpleasant situation has actually been taking place in Seoul.
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[2026-08-14 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could seek renewed summitry with U.S. President Donald Trump, potentially after the U.S. midterm elections this fall, if Pyongyang adopts a "revisionist" approach to help cement its status as a nuclear-armed state, an expert said Thursday.
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[2026-08-14 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: STRONG Group coach Charles Tiu knows winning a third straight William Jones Cup championship will not be easy as the Philippine-based team faces a number of serious title contenders in the tournament this year.
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[2026-08-14 00:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon's fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practiced there.
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[2026-08-14 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Ambassador to China Ro Jae-hun offered condolences Thursday over the death of former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, stressing Zhu's efforts for the development of ties with Seoul.
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[2026-08-13 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- American billionaire and founder of TerraPower Bill Gates arrived in South Korea on Thursday to meet with political and business leaders to discuss cooperation on next-generation nuclear reactors.
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[2026-08-13 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 12-16)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-08-13 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 4-9, 12; RECASTS throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-08-13 23:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates arrived in South Korea on Thursday for his first visit to the country in a year, with talks on cooperation in small modular reactors reportedly expected to top his agenda.
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[2026-08-13 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are higher again, although trading in a narrow range for the past week just below all time highs, with Tech flat following disappointing earnings from CSCO. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures add 0.2% while Nasdaq futures are unchanged as Cisco shares dropped 6.4% in premarket trading after earnings failed to impress.
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[2026-08-13 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Korea Investment Holdings Co., a financial holding company in South Korea, said Thursday it has been named the preferred bidder for KDB Life Insurance, an affiliate of the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB).
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[2026-08-13 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has listed South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the European Union among dozens of economies facing transshipment risks involving China-linked products, a White House report showed Thursday, as it seeks to tackle schemes to evade U.S. tariffs and other trade remedies.
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[2026-08-13 19:45 UTC+10:00] [Air transport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Incheon airport had 38.39m international passengers in first half of 2026, as traffic diverted from Middle East hubs
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[2026-08-13 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Thursday called for an "immediate" readiness posture during a visit to a front-line Army unit, following an arms protocol lapse discovered at a corps-level unit.
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[2026-08-13 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Asiana Airlines Inc. said Thursday its net loss widened in the second quarter from a year earlier, hit by rising fuel costs and a weaker Korean currency.
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[2026-08-13 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: In South Korea, where a mountainous landscape makes building huge projects an incredible undertaking, the world's leading maker of high-bandwidth computer memory is investing $720 billion on what it says will be the largest network of memory factories in the world.
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[2026-08-13 18:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-08-13 18:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-08-13 18:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Three websites offering illegally copied webtoons, web novels and other Korean content have been shut down, and their operator has been arrested, the South Korea's Culture Ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-08-13 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- An upcoming national football tournament match has been moved out of a 36-year-old football stadium in the southeastern city of Pohang due to safety concerns, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-08-13 18:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Director Patrick Lee wants Frieze Seoul to be more than an art fair — a place where the global art world comes to meet
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[2026-08-13 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korea regained its independence as Japan surrendered to the Allied forces in World War II, ending 35 years of harsh colonial occupation that began in 1910. On this historic day of national liberation, Yeo Un-hyung, a prominent left-leaning nationalist, took immediate political action by establishing the Committee for the Preparation of Korean Independence.
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[2026-08-13 18:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIVB U-17 Women’s Volleyball World Championship with a 3-0 sweep of the Philippines on Thursday in Los Andes, Chile.
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[2026-08-13 18:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS photo, foreign ministry's response in last 4 paras; RECASTS lead)
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[2026-08-13 18:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: NCT will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its multi-unit project through a special collaboration with Seoul Fashion Week, showcasing the group’s music and fashion with a series of events in September.
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[2026-08-13 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: JINCHEON, South Korea, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean modern pentathletes said Thursday they will try to win the country's very first gold medal of this year's Asian Games in Japan.
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[2026-08-13 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- A Marine noncommissioned officer who was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound last week was in charge of managing firearms and ammunition at an amphibious unit on the southeastern coast, the Marine Corps said Thursday.
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[2026-08-13 18:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean eyewear brand Blue Elephant opens its first US store in Beverly Hills, California, on Thursday, marking the Korean label's entry into the American retail market.
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[2026-08-13 18:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The National Human Rights Commission of Korea ruled that a public bathhouse charging only female customers for towels and soap violated equal rights protections, recommending corrective measures to the owner and the local government.
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[2026-08-13 18:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A website that helps Koreans trace their family origins and learn about historical figures and genealogies has experienced a boost in traffic after actor Ahn Ha-young came under public scrutiny over her ancestor’s alleged pro-Japanese activities during Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea.
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