Topic: South Korea — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-12 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Police said Wednesday they have busted a criminal ring suspected of creating and operating illegal pornography and gambling websites to rake in several tens of billions of won.
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[2026-08-12 16:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The controversy reveals how sensitive Korea remains about its colonial past — and why public figures should know better, experts say
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[2026-08-12 16:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government will soon establish a deregulation committee dedicated to improving regulations hindering startups in emerging industries, Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 16:23 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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[2026-08-12 16:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Smoking or drinking along Cheonggyecheon, a popular stream in downtown Seoul, could result in fines of up to 100,000 won ($70), starting this year.
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[2026-08-12 16:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: E-commerce giant Coupang has maintained its grip on Korean consumers across every age group, data showed Wednesday, widening its lead even as Chinese platforms close in as its nearest challengers.
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[2026-08-12 16:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Record W1.91tr quarterly earnings trail only KB Financial as investment gains and overseas operations surge
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[2026-08-12 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: North Korea usually reports launches but its silence in the recent launches raises the possibility they involved a top-secret new missile
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[2026-08-12 16:08 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: North Korea usually reports launches but its silence in the recent launches raises the possibility they involved a top-secret new missile
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[2026-08-12 16:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A US trade and technology expert has criticized South Korean regulators for applying rules unevenly in ways that disadvantage US companies, warning that Seoul’s approach to digital regulation could undermine the expanding US-Korea trade and technology alliance.
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[2026-08-12 15:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
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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[2026-08-12 15:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with details in paras 6, 8-9; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-08-12 15:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will provide US$1 million in humanitarian aid to Colombia to help the country recover from a recent deadly earthquake, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 15:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cyberattack attempts targeting South Korea’s Overseas Koreans Agency surged to 4,271 in the first seven months of this year, more than 12 times the 353 attempts recorded throughout last year, according to data released Tuesday.
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[2026-08-12 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and his Venezuelan counterpart, Felix Plasencia, held phone talks Wednesday and discussed ways to enhance cooperation, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
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[2026-08-12 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling ordering Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp. to pay compensation to the family of a late South Korean forced into labor during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of Korea.
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[2026-08-12 15:30 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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[2026-08-12 15:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The KBO League crossed the 9 million mark in cumulative attendance as play resumed following its break during the summer heat.
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[2026-08-12 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Dimensions: 40.8×34.0cm (Album)
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[2026-08-12 15:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: K-Arts School of Dance celebrates 30th anniversary
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[2026-08-12 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1935 -- "The Evergreen," a novel by Shim Hun depicting the lives of an educated couple trying to "enlighten" farmers, wins a literary prize presented by the Dong-Ah Ilbo newspaper. The novel, based on real-life experience, portrays the impoverished Korean countryside under Japanese colonial rule in the early part of the 20th century, a time when Japanese occupiers expropriated land and rice from farmers.
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[2026-08-12 14:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: One of the year's most anticipated meteor showers will be lighting up Korea's night skies this week, with particularly favorable viewing conditions as its peak coincides with a new moon.
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[2026-08-12 14:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Fire trucks from fire departments across South Korea are gathered in South Gyeongsang Province after the government issued a national firefighting mobilization order to respond to the region’s worsening drought.
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[2026-08-12 14:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has found a North Korean IT worker working remotely for a US federal agency, in another case highlighting the growing reach of Pyongyang’s overseas IT worker scheme.
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[2026-08-12 14:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kolmar Korea posted record revenue and profit for the second straight quarter, crossing 100 billion won ($70.7 million) in operating profit for the first time as demand for skincare and suncare products surged.
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[2026-08-12 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Wednesday activated a buy-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) as the stock index sharply rose, led by a chip rally.
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[2026-08-12 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) plans to file a constitutional complaint against a recent legal revision abolishing prosecutors' authority to conduct direct investigations, a party official said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 12:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's key wire service Yonhap News Agency has been named the most trusted media outlet among domestic journalists for a second straight year, a survey showed Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung received letters of credence Wednesday from new U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel and three other newly appointed foreign ambassadors.
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[2026-08-12 12:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the Seoul city government to pay usage fees to the national railway authority for a public park built over a railroad.
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[2026-08-12 12:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hana Bank CEO Lee Ho-sung (fourth from left), Barun Law Managing Partner Lee Dong-hoon (third from left), Yulchon Chairman and Managing Partner Kang Seok-hoon (fifth from left) and other officials pose during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the bank's new Foreign Exchange Capital Transaction Center at Place 1 in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-12 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks extended gains Wednesday morning, led by a rally in semiconductor shares.
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[2026-08-12 12:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean law firm Yoon & Yang said Tuesday it has appointed Spencer G. Park, a California-qualified lawyer with nearly three decades of experience in cross-border transactions and global investment, as a senior foreign attorney in its Corporate Advisory Group.
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[2026-08-12 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has set up a business entity in South Korea to directly purchase Korean consumer goods for sale in China, the trade ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Actor Park Eun-bin will release an album next month to mark her 30th anniversary of debut, her agency said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast towards Japan early on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, days before the planned start of massive US-South Korea joint drills.
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[2026-08-12 12:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Asiana Airlines Inc., the country's second-largest carrier, said Wednesday its shareholders have approved its merger with larger rival Korean Air Co., wrapping up nearly six years of the latter's acquisition process.
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[2026-08-12 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The South Korean chipmaker wants to pivot towards the high-margin AI memory sector, but analysts warn any sale would face valuation hurdles
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[2026-08-12 12:00 UTC+10:00] [YMTC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The South Korean chipmaker wants to pivot towards the high-margin AI memory sector, but analysts warn any sale would face valuation hurdles
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[2026-08-12 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government held a second meeting Wednesday of the 2045 Strategy Committee charged with drawing up a blueprint and strategies for what South Korea should look like in 2045 and identified 17 core tasks with the goal of announcing the final strategies by the end of the year, officials said.
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[2026-08-12 11:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea and Uzbekistan can seek stronger cooperation in a range of fields, including critical minerals, artificial intelligence, business and government, the leaders of the two nations said at the Korea-Uzbekistan Business Roundtable in Seoul on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-12 11:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Asiana Airlines Inc., the country's second-largest carrier, said Wednesday its shareholders have approved its merger with larger rival Korean Air Co., wrapping up nearly six years of the latter's acquisition process.
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[2026-08-12 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS more details, analyst's comments throughout)By Kim Seung-yeon
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[2026-08-12 11:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back was set to hold a meeting Wednesday with the leaders of the alumni groups of the Army, Navy and Air Force military academies and seek their support for the government's ongoing push to integrate the three academies into a single institution, the defense ministry said.
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[2026-08-12 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Samsung Securities Co. to pay the National Pension Service (NPS) 1.86 billion won (US$1.3 million) in damages over a 2018 dividend error by an accidental stock issuance.
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[2026-08-12 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at SK hynix Inc. are close to launching an integrated labor union with the goal of securing more than half of the company's employees to become a majority union, industry sources said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- K-pop supergroup BTS has remained on Billboard's main albums and singles charts for 20 consecutive weeks with its fifth studio album "Arirang."
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[2026-08-12 11:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Doh Kyung-soo, also known as Exo's D.O., will launch a 10-city Asia solo tour titled “Day Off” in Seoul in October, agency Blitzway Music said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-12 11:22 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Zelenskyy warns Putin will use Russian election, in which opposition to the war is banned, as pretext for major call-up of troops. What we know on day 1,631
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[2026-08-12 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Financially troubled discount store chain Homeplus Co. said Wednesday it has resumed operations at all 67 of its outlets nationwide following a court decision to extend its rehabilitation proceedings.
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