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World News in South Korea
Real-time world news from South Korea, structured for developers. NewsMesh filters South Korea-relevant world coverage into one JSON feed (GET /v1/latest?category=world&country=kr), each story tagged with category, country relevance, and the named people detected in the body.
Nepal declines foreign rescue help after devastating flood, South Korea says it is ‘negotiating’
Nepal declined foreign rescue aid after a flash flood killed nearly 500 people, though South Korea is negotiating to send search teams.
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South Korea, Japan and US set joint drills despite Trump cuts
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Countries send rescue teams to Nepal to search for missing tourists
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South Korean police look to charge 7 for lying about concrete structure in Jeju Air crash
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72-year-old man arrested for overstaying 15-day tourist visa by 26 years
Police believe the South Korean national came to Japan using his brother's passport in September 1993 in search of higher-paid work.
South Korean police seek indictments of 7 transport ministry officials over Jeju Air crash
South Korean police seek indictments of 7 transport ministry officials over Jeju Air crash
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s police said Thursday they were seeking indictments of seven transport ministry officials over the 2024 Jeju Air crash that killed all but...
South Korean police seek indictments of 7 transport ministry officials over Jeju Air crash
South Korean ex-spy reveals toll of secret missions to North: ‘treated as expendable’
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South Korea hands police more power even as dead bodies expose the lies
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South Korea moves to inscribe national agony into international memory
The agony suffered by Park Yong-sik, 79, can never be healed, but he hopes the world can learn something from what he has endured.
Four bodies in 3 days: How a missing persons case in Jeju Island sparked demand for police reform in South Korea
The accused cop is also under investigation over a second missing-person case involving a man in his 60s who was reported missing on July 2.
South Korea scrambles jets after Russian military planes enter air defence zone
South Korea said on Wednesday it had scrambled fighter jets in response to Russian military aircraft entering its air defence zone, the second such incursion in weeks. The relat...
Confronting South Korea’s Violent Past and Its Echoes Today
The National Museum of Korean Democracy, which opened last year, documents an era of brutal suppression. But that dark history has resurfaced in troubling ways.
Why was China’s response to North Korea’s latest missile launches so muted?
China’s muted response to North Korea’s latest missile launch, which came soon after top diplomat Wang Yi’s visit to Seoul, underscores how Beijing is prioritising Pyongyang’s s...
Jeju missing people update: Fourth body in 3 days spark serial killer, human trafficking fears in South Korea island
A fourth missing person's body has been found on Jeju, South Korea's island, in three days, sparking online fears about a serial killer and human trafficking.
World news in South Korea coverage
NewsMesh filters South Korea-relevant world coverage into one structured feed, ready to query by the same parameters as the rest of the API.
Pull World news in South Korea into your app
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?category=world&country=kr). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&category=world&country=kr&limit=20"Endpoints
GET /v1/latest: Most-recent articles, filterable by category, country, and date range.GET /v1/search: Full-text search across the archive with boolean operators and source filters.GET /v1/trending: Cached trending headlines, the fastest endpoint for homepage feeds.GET /v1/article/{id}: Fetch a single article and its full metadata by ID.
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Frequently asked questions about World news in South Korea
What world news from South Korea does NewsMesh cover?
NewsMesh filters South Korea-relevant world coverage into one structured feed, each story tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body.
Which endpoint returns world news from South Korea?
Call GET /v1/latest?category=world&country=kr. Use /v1/search to add keyword queries on top of the same filters.
Can I get South Korea news in other categories?
Yes. Swap the category parameter (business, sports, technology, health, and more) or drop it entirely to get all South Korea coverage from /v1/latest?country=kr.
Is world news from South Korea available in real time?
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: world South Korea stories are served through the live /v1/latest and /v1/trending endpoints alongside a searchable archive, each tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body, so you can build a live feed without scraping HTML.
How do I access the world news from South Korea feed?
Create a NewsMesh account, generate an API key, and call the endpoint above with your apiKey parameter. See the pricing page for current plans and rate limits.
Need more data?
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.