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Tuesday, 10 November 2026English edition
The Geopolitician

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South Korea · In the world’s press

South Korea in the world’s press

Which countries’ presses mention South Korea, how much against their habit, and what they said. Foreign presses only; the country’s own press is shown apart.

Mentions from foreign presses, 90 days

314 mentions yesterday · 1% below its 30-day mean · 0.7% of the world’s foreign attention

Who is watching

The presses that mentioned South Korea most over the last 7 days: mentions, the share of that press’s foreign attention, and the change against its previous 30 days.

  1. China’s press 556 mentions · 7% of its foreign attention · ×1.7 vs its habit
  2. Indonesia’s press 114 mentions · 16% of its foreign attention · ×1.5 vs its habit
  3. Ghana’s press 102 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  4. Russia’s press 85 mentions · 0.5% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  5. France’s press 81 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  6. United States’ press 77 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×1.5 vs its habit
  7. Spain’s press 68 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  8. Cambodia’s press 66 mentions · 13% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  9. Iraq’s press 61 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×1.6 vs its habit
  10. Philippines’ press 61 mentions · 10% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  11. Turkey’s press 61 mentions · 0.8% of its foreign attention · ×1.3 vs its habit
  12. Vietnam’s press 49 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×1.3 vs its habit

South Korea’s own press: 3,871 mentions in 7 days.

Stories that reached the South Korea press

The travelling stories this press carried, newest first, with the day it first did.

  1. Lula's political strategies against Trump 69 presses · 24 days · on 5 Oct 2026
  2. Trump comments on Ukraine's future borders 52 presses · 26 days · on 17 Oct 2026
  3. Russell Brand convicted of rape in UK 35 presses · 15 days · on 5 Nov 2026
  4. Trump discusses Iran and potential war 58 presses · 14 days · on 22 Oct 2026
  5. Stock market plunge over AI fears 24 presses · 8 days · on 22 Oct 2026
  6. Gadi Eisenkot tasked to form Israeli government 72 presses · 19 days · on 27 Oct 2026

What they said

The latest foreign headlines naming South Korea, as the outlets wrote them; the translation is ours when shown.

Collection outage, left blank: 17 Sep 2026, 18 Sep 2026, 28 Sep 2026, 29 Sep 2026, 30 Sep 2026, 1 Oct 2026, 2 Oct 2026, 3 Oct 2026.

Counted at fetch time from the titles and descriptions of every article read, by the outlet’s country. Shares, not raw counts, when presses are compared: a press that publishes more mentions everyone more. Coverage of the local press, not public opinion and not truth. Data since 17 September 2026. Method →

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