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Tuesday, 10 November 2026English edition
The Geopolitician

Country risk, from the local press

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

248 mentions yesterday · 22% below its 30-day mean · 0.8% 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 108 mentions · 16% of its foreign attention · ×1.4 vs its habit
  3. Ghana’s press 102 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  4. Russia’s press 84 mentions · 0.5% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  5. France’s press 77 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  6. Spain’s press 67 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  7. Cambodia’s press 66 mentions · 13% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  8. Iraq’s press 61 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×1.6 vs its habit
  9. Turkey’s press 61 mentions · 0.9% of its foreign attention · ×1.3 vs its habit
  10. Philippines’ press 59 mentions · 10% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  11. United States’ press 57 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×1.1 vs its habit
  12. Vietnam’s press 46 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit

South Korea’s own press: 3,776 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. Protests in France over cost of living 74 presses · 23 days · on 18 Oct 2026
  2. Russell Brand convicted of rape 25 presses · 14 days · on 5 Nov 2026
  3. Trump comments on Iran negotiations 55 presses · 13 days · on 22 Oct 2026
  4. Stock market plunge over AI fears 24 presses · 7 days · on 22 Oct 2026
  5. Gadi Eisenkot tasked to form Israeli government 71 presses · 18 days · on 27 Oct 2026
  6. Meghan Markle's father accused of child pornography 29 presses · 10 days · on 23 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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