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The Geopolitician

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South Korea · Media

Media we read: South Korea

8 outlets read every day for South Korea, each with its published stance toward the sitting government. 8 are rated.

Each outlet is scored on five criteria from −2 (away from the sitting government) to +2 (toward it) — ownership 0.30, editorial line 0.30, coverage tone 0.15, status 0.15, third-party references 0.10. The weighted sum reads power at +0.5 and above (state when state-owned), opposition at −0.5 and below, independent between. Model-assisted, reviewed, correctable. How we rate outlets →

0 power · 1 state · 0 opposition · 7 independent · 0 not rated

OutletStanceOrientationConfidenceCriteriaNote
Yonhap News Agencystate—0.90own +2 line +2 tone 0 status +2 3rd +1Yonhap is South Korea's state news agency.
DongA.comindependent—0.70own 0 line 0 tone 0 status 0 3rd 0DongA.com is a mainstream South Korean outlet.
eDailyindependent—0.60own 0 line 0 tone 0 status 0 3rd 0eDaily is a mainstream South Korean outlet.
Herald Newsindependent—0.60own 0 line 0 tone 0 status 0 3rd 0Herald News is a mainstream South Korean outlet.
Korea.netindependent—0.60own 0 line 0 tone 0 status 0 3rd 0Korea.net is a mainstream South Korean outlet.
MKindependent—0.60own 0 line 0 tone 0 status 0 3rd 0MK is a mainstream South Korean outlet.
The Korea Heraldindependent—0.60own 0 line 0 tone 0 status 0 3rd 0The Korea Herald is a mainstream South Korean outlet.
YTNindependent—0.60own 0 line 0 tone 0 status 0 3rd 0YTN is a mainstream South Korean outlet.

Criteria: own = ownership · line = editorial line · tone = coverage tone · status · 3rd = third-party references

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