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Arcs in and about South Korea from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 741 stories · 5,571 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 4, 2023

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The Russia-Ukraine war: the front line and the long-range strikes

5 of 499 stories this year · 12 about South Korea

Russia launches record number of drones across Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv continue aerial attacks · 30 articles, Dec 27Russian drone and artillery attack kills 6 in Ukraine and knocks out power in a major city · 12 articles, Dec 27Russia launches fresh drone strikes on Ukraine after promising retaliation for Belgorod attack · 17 articles, Dec 27Russia launches the biggest aerial barrage of the war and kills 30 civilians, Ukraine says · 45 articles, Dec 29Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities, killing 5 and injuring more than 100, Kyiv officials say · 31 articles, Dec 29

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2023803 articles20244901 articles20253198 articles20262411 articles

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Oct 30, 202337222
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Nov 20, 20231227590
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Dec 18, 20231119576
Dec 25, 2023132610161
Jan 1, 202417369191
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Jan 15, 202412193108
Jan 22, 2024717475
Jan 29, 2024816692
Feb 5, 20241314476
Feb 12, 2024411444
Feb 19, 2024614362
Feb 26, 2024716477
Mar 4, 202437335
Mar 11, 2024917677
Mar 18, 202412387181
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Dec 16, 2024219450
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Dec 30, 202412357209
Jan 6, 20258285112
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Jan 27, 2025413542
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Mar 24, 2025185013233
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Apr 28, 2025815558
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Sep 29, 202534013
Oct 6, 202536521
Oct 13, 20250315
Oct 20, 2025415658
Oct 27, 2025204420313
Nov 3, 202527116
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Jun 8, 202634221
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Jun 22, 20260101
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Jul 6, 2026103918339
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Jul 20, 202612218139
Jul 27, 2026121711150
Aug 3, 202607228
Aug 10, 202642712129
Aug 17, 2026276724458
Aug 24, 2026310322
Aug 31, 202677327
Sep 7, 2026619565
Sep 14, 2026720456
Sep 21, 2026311440
Sep 28, 202649428

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else50 stories in 2023 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about South Korea that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 27South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun of 'Parasite' found dead103 articles · 61 independent sources
    8 left, 16 center, 6 right
  2. Dec 20North Korea and Russia clash with U.S., allies over missile launch6 articles · 6 independent sources
    3 left, 1 center, 1 right
  3. Dec 20U.S. flies bombers for joint drills with South Korea, Japan after North's long-range missile launch5 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 0 right
  4. Dec 17– 18North Korea launches ballistic missile amid US-South Korea nuclear deterrence talks44 articles · 28 independent sources
    5 left, 10 center, 3 right
  5. Dec 14South Korea scrambles jets over Chinese, Russian warplanes – DW7 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 1 right
  6. Dec 11BTS members RM and V start compulsory military service in South Korea. Band seeks to reunite in 202511 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 2 right
  7. Dec 11US F-16 Jet Crashes in South Korea, Pilot Rescued After Ejecting17 articles · 16 independent sources
    3 left, 7 center, 2 right
  8. Dec 6Twitch to cease operations in South Korea over ‘prohibitively expensive’ network fees5 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 0 center, 1 right
  9. Nov 28– Dec 2S. Korea launches first spy satellite with SpaceX20 articles · 17 independent sources
    1 left, 7 center, 1 right
  10. Nov 27Seoul Says North Korea Restores Border Guard Posts as Tensions Rise Over Satellite Launch10 articles · 10 independent sources
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Stories that name South Korea

  1. Dec 31North Korea's Kim says he'll launch 3 more spy satellites and build more nuclear weapons in 202447 articles · 37 independent sources
    5 left, 8 center, 5 right
  2. Dec 29North Korea's new reactor at nuclear site likely to be formally operational next summer, Seoul says10 articles · 9 independent sources
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  3. Dec 28North Korea’s Kim Jong-un vows to bolster war readiness to repel U.S.-led confrontations6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
  4. Dec 27Kim Jong-un boasts of achievements as he opens key year-end political meeting6 articles · 6 independent sources
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  5. Dec 22North Korea's reported use of a nuclear complex reactor might be an attempt to make bomb fuels6 articles · 5 independent sources
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  6. Dec 21North Korea’s Kim again threatens use of nukes as he praises troops for long-range missile launch9 articles · 9 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 0 right
  7. Dec 21South Korean court orders Japanese firms to compensate more wartime Korean workers for forced labor6 articles · 6 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 0 right
  8. Dec 19Kim Jong-un threatens ‘more offensive actions’ against U.S. after watching powerful missile test6 articles · 6 independent sources
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  9. Dec 17– 19North Korea conducts first long-range missile test in months, likely firing a solid-fueled weapon13 articles · 12 independent sources
    2 left, 5 center, 0 right
  10. Dec 4The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate8 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 2 right
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