Streaming and screen culture
19.1% of attention this weekMost readWikipedia
- Lee Jin-hee9.1k views
- Kim You-jung5.3k views
- The Great King Munmu4.6k views
The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world
South Korea
The zeitgeist this week
What stands out in South Korea’s attention is AI everywhere (9.5%, 3.0× the world). The news sounds as usual.
South Korea’s zeitgeist, by theme
Its Wikipedia reading this week, each page counted once, in its main theme · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted
Current stories
The stories and events behind this week
Blind spots
Where attention and coverage don’t line up
- Covered more than readGames and esports0.0×
South Korea · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
Seen from inside and outside
How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It extends over the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and includes the adjacent islands. It borders North Korea to its north along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. It has a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul metropolitan area, the world's ninth most populous metropolitan area; its other major cities are Busan, Daegu, and Incheon. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period.
- 국힘 "이재명, 이제 대한민국 대통령 아냐...특검이 조작수사할 것"-정치ㅣ한국일보hankookilbo.com · 3 outlets
- 코스피·코스닥 '매수 사이드카'…"AI·반도체 주가 낙폭 과도"hani.co.kr · 2 outlets
- 손자들 데리고 다시 오고 싶다는 남편 - 오마이뉴스ohmynews.com
- 한투운용, 미국 10년물 국채 ETF에 개인 자금 유입⋯순자산 1935억원etoday.co.kr
- '블루쓰나미' 딛고 나스닥 반등, 국장도 충격파 잦아드나[뉴스새벽배송]edaily.co.kr
- 'Hyunam-dong Bookshop' author shares 53 ways to fall in love with readingkoreaherald.com
- Nvidia CEO's daughter cancels planned visit to S. Koreaianslive.in · 5 outlets
- Dozens injured in South Korea after bus crashes into 32 vehiclesdailyadvance.com · 3 outlets
- South Korea to expand naval mission in the Middle Eastwsws.org · 3 outlets
- South Korea fines Coupang $220 million over food deliverybignewsnetwork.com
- South Korean lawmaker in hot water for describing journalists as 'pack of hyenas'asianews.network
- South Korea's 2027 First-Grade Class Is Projected Below 300,000econotimes.com
Pictures
ROKN Sejong the Great, a Sejong the Great-class guided-missile destroyer built by Hyundai Heavy IndustriesU.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brandon Raile · Public domain 
South Koreans in traditional dressKorea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han) · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Buddha's Birthday celebration in SeoulKorea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han) · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Seoul National University is considered to be the most prestigious university in South Korea.Deuterium 001 · CC BY 3.0 
A musician playing a gayageumPhoto by PARK Hyoung-Won (Flickr user: dalcrose). Photo used by the kind permis… · CC BY 2.0 
Seoul Sports Complex, Korea's largest integrated sports centerSeoul Institute · CC BY 4.0
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Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons
South Korea · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
Who’s in the news
The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.
People
Daniel Torok, Public domain 
The White House, Public domain 40.0× last week
63.7× last week
WiiWii, CC BY 4.0 3.4× last week
Republic of Korea from Seoul, Republic of Korea, CC BY-SA 2.0
Organizations
The New York Times Company, Public domain 5.2× last week
4.0× last week
South Korea · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov
On social media
Going around online in South Korea
What South Korea’s own news sites say went viral, trended or got people talking online this week
- “We need the help of the people”: a new post just appeared on President Lee Jae-myung’s social mediawikitree.co.kr · 4 Nov · Translated from Korean
- Trump holds a grudge: ‘veto’ hat on social media… ‘bipartisan cooperation declaration’ reversed within an hourpressian.com · 4 Nov · Translated from Korean
- Seoul International Pride Film Festival opens on the 5th, highlighting power relations in minority communitieshani.co.kr · 4 Nov · Translated from Korean
- “Singer from Incheon… I’ve been keeping watch for over 10 years to expose school bullying,” claim spreads on social mediaheraldk.com · 4 Nov · Translated from Korean
- The producer who prepared for a film festival while heavily pregnant, and the documentary she was determined to bring to the worldohmynews.com · 4 Nov · Translated from Korean
- Seoul Independent Film Festival opens on the 25th… Three short films from Byun Woo-seok’s support project premiereetoday.co.kr · 4 Nov · Translated from Korean
- Model-walking lessons for special forces soldiers?… Netizens: “They’re trying to make a mess of the military”heraldcorp.com · 4 Nov · Translated from Korean
- “You’d think she was an idol”… Korean teacher draws attention for her beauty and study methodssegye.com · 4 Nov · Translated from Korean
- “Social media makes the money, but parents are responsible for addiction?”… Calls for platform accountability growedaily.co.kr · 4 Nov · Translated from Korean
- Government prepares regulations to reduce excessive social media usekbs.co.kr · 4 Nov ·
Translated from Spanish - “Do you really have to run on the road?” Netizens welcome proposal to run on a treadmill wearing a VR headsetheraldcorp.com · 4 Nov · Translated from Korean
- “Who is this?” Cho Hye-jung draws attention with a dramatically changed jawlineinsight.co.kr · 4 Nov · Translated from Korean
The TikTok videos, Instagram posts and YouTube videos the most-liked Bluesky posts in Korean shared this week.
Shared from TikTok
Shared from Instagram
Translated from Japaneseぬいあぐ💫ちいかわファンアート
Shared from YouTube
Sepultura - Refuse/Resist [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Roadrunner Records
I got caught by the one person I absolutely couldn't afford to get caught by
Translated from Korean앵보
A Run-Down Japanese Hot Spring Inn That Feels Like a Horror Game | Takatomo Ryokan
It's Time to Travel🇯🇵 / 旅する時間
fourleafisland
[Urgent report] Going to burning Paris | Tracking 60 Minutes, KBS broadcast 261030
Translated from KoreanKBS 추적60분
Each plays here in its platform’s own player, loaded only when you press play; the platform’s terms apply. Counts: Bluesky’s public search (the likes and reposts of the posts that shared each one) · Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article
South Korea
Discussion
South Korea · Friday, 13 November 2026
Trending
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 3.0 Rising
Republic of Korea, CC BY-SA 4.0 Breakout
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Top today
Republic of Korea, CC BY-SA 4.0 Breakout
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The White House, Public domain New
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SJ, CC BY 4.0 Rising
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Everyday apps here: 삼성닷컴 · オルディ Oldi - Phone Camera · Retro · 无锐化相机 · NetShort. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
Franchises and brands here
- The Hobbit series
Topics that belong to the same franchise, brand, series or maker on Wikidata, among the topics on the country pages today.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 3,628 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- [르포] 옷 사 입히는 AI 로봇…日 AI 반려로봇 `러봇`, 매장서 직접 만나보니 (ddaily.co.kr)
- 강동구보건소, 중앙아시아 4개국에 AI·디지털 건강관리 우수사례 전파 (heraldcorp.com)
- 신라시대 창건된 임진왜란 승병 사찰 '고성 운흥사 대웅전' 보물로 지정됐다 (insight.co.kr)
- Истребители FA-50 выходят на рынки Европы и Азии (kbs.co.kr)
- Health More than usual
- 정부 3개 부처, 첨단기술로 감염병 치료제 개발 나선다 (etoday.co.kr)
- 인천시의회 김동민 의원, 대상포진 예방접종 시비 지원·장애인활동지원 부정수급 관리 강화 촉구 (womannews.net)
- 서울 임차권 등기 17% 감소⋯강서 줄고 영등포 늘었다 (etoday.co.kr)
- 미 국채금리 급등에 긴장하는 한국 증시···외국인 자금 향방은 (newsway.co.kr)
- Climate More than usual
- "韓, 국내 탄소감축 대신 해외 실적 의존" [김은재 기자의 COP31 리포트] (segye.com)
- 한국, 기후대응 최하위권… 총 68위 중 61위 (hani.co.kr)
Survey · 2023 93% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- [美 블루웨이브 시험대] ④ 820조 예산 짰지만 美 변수는 그대로…한국 경제 방어막 시험대 (newspim.com)
- 2028년 위성정당을 또 보지 않으려면, 이 방법이 제일 낫다 (ohmynews.com)
- 서울 성북구, 길음5재정비촉진구역 주택재개발정비사업 최초 사업시행계획 인가 (womannews.net)
- Polémique autour du nouveau terme désignant les réfugiés nord-coréens (kbs.co.kr)
How the news sounds
- Tone−1.0positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.9The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.0× usual3.5 words per 1,000usually 3.5The GDELT Project
- Fear0.8× usual0.4 words per 1,000usually 0.5The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual4.8 words per 1,000usually 5.1The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual6.5 words per 1,000usually 6.6The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual5.9 words per 1,000usually 6.1The GDELT Project
Also in the news
- Economic policy uncertainty369.4from newspaper coverage; 100 = long-run averageJul 2026 · −23.1 since Jun 2026Baker, Bloom and Davis (2016), PolicyUncertainty.com · CC BY 4.0
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
The White House, Public domain New
Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
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Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
The White House, Public domain New
Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
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Cars & transport
Damian B Oh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Nature, climate & disasters
Watchers Club, CC BY 3.0
Crime & justice
KBS, CC BY 3.0 Rising
Books, arts & history
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J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain
Food & drink
Everyday app
Gaming
Back
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New
Money & crypto
Falling Everyday app
3실손24
Everyday app
Movies & TV
Republic of Korea, CC BY-SA 4.0 Breakout
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Politics & world affairs
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New
Science & space
Matúš Motlo, CC BY-SA 4.0 2Sun
Sports
Ardfern, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rising
Travel & places
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0 Rising
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, Public domain Rising
Reto Stöckl / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Public domain Rising
Industries here
Media & entertainment 23Music 14Gaming 12Government & public sector 10Tech & software 4Travel & tourism 3Sports & fitness 3Advertising & marketing 2Fashion & beauty 1Nonprofits & NGOs 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Economy
- Inflation2.8%Jul 2026 · −0.4 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment2.8%Jul 2026 · +0.1 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Consumer confidence100.4100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.0 since Apr 2026OECD
- Central bank rate3.00%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
- Real house prices-0.5%Q2 2026 · −0.2 pts since Q1 2026BIS
- GDP growth1.0%2025 · −1.0 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro1,477.8KRW per euro13 Nov 2026 · euro −2.6% since 6 Nov 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB
Business
- Business confidence99.2100 = long-run averageApr 2026 · +0.1 since Mar 2026OECD
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Molecular Biology
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Society
- Trust in the national government37.1%OECD Trust Survey2023 · −11.7 pts since 2021OECD Trust Survey
- Say humans mainly cause climate change54.4%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority72.4%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Dead-End Job
Rising
2Doctor X: Mafia in White
Falling
3100 Days of Deception
4I am Solo
5Romance School : First & Again
6World Dice Tour
7The Ballad of Us
8The Wonder Coach
9Marriage of Convenience
10Where the Mask Ends
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Netflix · Films
Republic of Korea, CC BY-SA 4.0 1Possible Love
Breakout
2Collision Course
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3One Year to Live, Buy a Man
New
4The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
5The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
6The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
7Me Before You
8Heist
9Nowhere to Run
Falling
10The Ultimate Duo
Falling
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Apple Music · Artists
K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 3.0 1Illit
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2A2O & A2O LITE
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3Rescene
Falling
SJ, CC BY 4.0 5Bestie
6머무르
7Crush
8Ive
9Panda Gomm & 양홍원
Falling
Apple Music · 2026-11-14
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1손에 잡히는 경제
2송은이 김숙의 비밀보장
3컬투쇼 레전드 사연
4그것은 알기 싫다
5JTBC 뉴스룸
6Hey Tablo
Falling
7이강민의 잡지사
8손석희의 12시
9CBS 박성태의 뉴스쇼
10김종배의 시선집중
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-14
App Store · Free apps
1네이버플러스 스토어
2피클: 나만의 AI 에이전트
3MUJI KR
Rising
4Claude by Anthropic
5Everland
Falling
6NetShort
Breakout
7하나은행, 새로워진 하나원큐를 경험해 보세요
8엽기떡볶이
Falling
9네이버페이
10Trip.com: Flight, Hotel, Train
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App Store · 2026-11-14
App Store · Paid apps
1Berryフィルム - 韓国風セルフィー
2オルディ Oldi - Phone Camera
Rising
3Analog Wedding
4YoungPhoto - Aesthetic Camera
5Widezilla
Falling
6无锐化相机
Breakout
7GIKA 기카 - 독보적인 올드폰 감성 카메라
8filmhwa (필름화) - 화민 필터
9Sidefill: Safari用 横幅いっぱい表示
10AnkiMobile Flashcards
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App Store · 2026-11-14
Steam · Top sellers
1PUBG: Battlegrounds
Rising
2Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Falling
3Football Manager 27
Rising
4Eternal Return
5Once Human
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6Crimson Desert
7Phantom Blade Zero
Falling
8Limbus Company
9DJMax Respect
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10Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
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Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-11-03
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Steam data provided by Valve · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.