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Asia · Monday, 9 November 2026

South Korea

No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.


Rising

  1. 1Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Breakout

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  2. 2Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #10 in top sellers

  3. K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 4.0

    3Rescene

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #2 in songs

  4. Amadalvarez, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Announcer

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  5. 5Dead-End Job

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV


Top today

  1. K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 4.0

    1Rescene

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #2 in songs

  2. 2Dead-End Job

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  3. 3Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Breakout

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  4. Amadalvarez, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Announcer

    Breakout

    Other · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  5. The White House, Public domain

    5Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 14,233 reads

  6. 6Armani

    Breakout

    Celebrities & creators · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  7. 7Call of Duty®

    Back

    Gaming · Steam · #11 in top sellers

  8. 8Football Manager 27

    Rising

    Gaming · Steam · #3 in top sellers

  9. 9The Ultimate Duo

    Rising

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  10. Official Youtube account of 식신로드 (Gourmet Road) ts twitter account has a link t…, CC BY 3.0

    10Lee Ji-hye

    Breakout

    Music · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

Everyday apps here: GigClick: Metronome, Setlist · 폴럽 이글루 - 나만의 스티커 제작소 · Chromagraph Camera · 엽기떡볶이 · TypeDraw. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.


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 3,805 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 8.4% of the news · usually 7.8% · 321 articles
  2. 1.5% of the news · usually 1.7% · 56 articles
  3. 1.4% of the news · usually 0.9% · 53 articles
  4. 1.2% of the news · usually 0.9% · 46 articles
  5. Climate More than usual
    1.1% of the news · usually 0.5% · 2.1× usual · 43 articles

    Survey · 2023 93% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  6. 1.1% of the news · usually 1.6% · 40 articles
  7. 1.0% of the news · usually 1.5% · 39 articles
  8. Immigration More than usual
    0.8% of the news · usually 0.5% · 1.8× usual · 32 articles

How the news sounds

Also in the news

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.

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 14,233 reads

  2. MBC PD수첩, CC BY 3.0

    2Hwang Woo-suk

    New

    Science & space · Wikipedia · 2,845 reads

  3. DHSgov, Public domain

    3Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Breakout

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  4. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Nvidia

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 2,588 reads

  5. 5Lila Art High School

    New

    Education & careers · Wikipedia · 2,177 reads

  6. 6Alice S. Huang

    New

    Science & space · Wikipedia · 1,091 reads

  7. 螺钉, CC BY-SA 4.0

    7LG Electronics

    Rising

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 200+ searches

  8. Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0

    8Lisa Su

    Rising

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 901 reads

Rising on Google

Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.

  1. 리즈 유나이티드 대 토트넘Breakout
  2. 노무라 증권Breakout
  3. 심현섭Breakout
  4. 노태 문+4,800%
  5. 황우석+4,450%
  6. 마인츠 05 대 바이에른+4,200%
  7. 허인 서+3,400%
  8. 대가야 수목원+3,200%
  9. 능암 탄산 온천+3,150%
  10. 적상산+2,900%

Google Trends


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 14,233 reads

  2. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Nvidia

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,588 reads

  3. 3출근길 마케팅 트렌드

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #38 in podcasts

Cars & transport

  1. Damian B Oh, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Genesis GV90

    Wikipedia · 201 reads

Crime & justice

  1. KBS, CC BY 3.0

    1Lee Jae-yong

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 1,084 reads

  2. Robert on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0

    2September 11 attacks

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 807 reads

  3. 3디바제시카 토요미스테리

    Apple Podcasts · #16 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    1Ansel Adams

    Wikipedia · 2,773 reads

  2. 2리딩 케미스트리

    Apple Podcasts · #17 in podcasts

  3. 3두말하면 잔소리

    Apple Podcasts · #29 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1Lila Art High School

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,177 reads

  2. 26 Minute English

    Apple Podcasts · #13 in podcasts

  3. 3[해커스톡] 영어회화 10분의 기적

    Apple Podcasts · #61 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1BuBoo 부부 +

    App Store · #35 in paid apps

  2. 2예스24 티켓

    App Store · #76 in free apps

  3. Dispatch, CC BY 3.0

    3Joo Woo-jae

    Wikipedia · 435 reads

Food & drink

  1. Coolcaesar at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Burger King

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2메가MGC커피

    App Store · #77 in free apps

  3. 3텐퍼센트커피

    App Store · #80 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Call of Duty®

    Back

    Steam · #11 in top sellers

  2. 2Football Manager 27

    Rising

    Steam · #3 in top sellers

  3. 3Potato Please

    New

    Steam · #15 in top sellers

Health & wellness

  1. 1함익병

    Wikipedia · 229 reads

  2. Rosiestep, CC BY 4.0

    2Priscilla Chan

    Wikipedia · 149 reads

  3. 3건강보험25시

    Everyday app

    App Store · #29 in free apps

Money & crypto

  1. Quantumquark, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Goldman Sachs

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2IBK투자증권 (대표MTS)

    App Store · #47 in free apps

  3. 3멤버십 위젯 Pro

    App Store · #50 in paid apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Dead-End Job

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in TV

  2. 2Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

  3. 3The Ultimate Duo

    Rising

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

Music

  1. K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 4.0

    1Rescene

    Rising

    Apple Music · #2 in songs

  2. Official Youtube account of 식신로드 (Gourmet Road) ts twitter account has a link t…, CC BY 3.0

    2Lee Ji-hye

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  3. 티비텐 TV10, CC BY 4.0

    3Jisoo

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,550 reads

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1Armani

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  2. 2요즘은 팟캐스트시대

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #23 in podcasts

  3. 3김종철 (경찰공무원)

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,028 reads

Politics & world affairs

  1. DHSgov, Public domain

    1Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 2,000+ searches

  2. 2CBS 박성태의 뉴스쇼

    Weekly

    Apple Podcasts · #12 in podcasts

  3. Original: Jeong Inho Transcription: History Net, National Institute of Korean H…, Public domain

    3Munmu of Silla

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 934 reads

Science & space

  1. MBC PD수첩, CC BY 3.0

    1Hwang Woo-suk

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,845 reads

  2. 2Alice S. Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,091 reads

  3. 3과학하고 앉아있네

    Apple Podcasts · #44 in podcasts

Society & beliefs

  1. 1Hey Tablo

    Apple Podcasts · #5 in podcasts

  2. 2여둘톡

    Apple Podcasts · #6 in podcasts

  3. 3손석희의 12시

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1T1

    Rising

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. roger.badsoul on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0

    2Kang Min-ho

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 1,161 reads

  3. blechdom, CC BY 2.0

    3Andrei Arlovski

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Startups

  1. 1Anthropic

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 426 reads

  2. 2CoreWeave

    Wikipedia · 158 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 129CM

    Rising

    App Store · #9 in free apps

  2. 2iContacts+: 연락처 그룹 도구

    App Store · #37 in paid apps

  3. Instagram / Wikimedia Foundation, Public domain

    3Instagram

    Wikipedia · 1,069 reads

Travel & places

  1. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    1South Korea

    Wikipedia · 992 reads

  2. 라성민, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Seoul

    Wikipedia · 973 reads

  3. Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, Public domain

    3Japan

    Wikipedia · 223 reads


Industries here

Media & entertainment 14Gaming 12Music 11Sports & fitness 8Government & public sector 6Science & research 2Food & beverage 1Restaurants & hospitality 1Tech & software 1AI 1Finance & banking 1Education 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%Sept 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Aug 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
  • Youth unemployment6.7%2025 · +0.3 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
  • Currency vs the euro1,507.5KRW per euro9 Nov 2026 · euro +0.1% since 2 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
    689 papers
  • Artificial Intelligence
    612 papers
  • Molecular Biology
    430 papers
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
    200 papers · rising +62%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Doctor X: Mafia in White

    2. 2Dead-End Job

      New

    3. 3100 Days of Deception

      Falling

    4. 4I am Solo

    5. 5The Ballad of Us

    6. 6World Dice Tour

      Falling

    7. 7The Wonder Coach

    8. 8Where the Mask Ends

    9. 9Marriage of Convenience

    10. 10Take Charge of My Heart

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Surviving Hurricane Otis

      Breakout

    2. 2The Ultimate Duo

      Rising

    3. 3The Drop

    4. 4Nowhere to Run

    5. 5The Eyes

      Falling

    6. 6Collision Course

    7. 7Evil Dead Burn

      Falling

    8. 8Kubi

    9. 9Armored

    10. 10My Boss My Hero

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1A2O & A2O LITE

    2. K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 4.0

      2Rescene

      Rising

    3. 3Illit

      Falling

    4. 5BESTie

    5. 6Ive

    6. 7머무르

    7. 9Tuide

    8. 10Cortis

    Apple Music · 2026-11-10

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1손에 잡히는 경제

    2. 2송은이 김숙의 비밀보장

    3. 3컬투쇼 레전드 사연

    4. 4JTBC 뉴스룸

    5. 5Hey Tablo

    6. 6여둘톡

    7. 7이강민의 잡지사

    8. 8손석희의 12시

    9. 9김종배의 시선집중

    10. 10두시탈출 컬투쇼

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1네이버플러스 스토어

      2. 2피클: 나만의 AI 에이전트

      3. 3하나은행, 새로워진 하나원큐를 경험해 보세요

      4. 4Claude by Anthropic

      5. 5Trip.com: Flight, Hotel, Train

      6. 6카카오페이

      7. 7다이소몰

      8. 8Google Gemini

      9. 929CM

        Rising

      10. 10Duolingo

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-10

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1YoungPhoto - Aesthetic Camera

        2. 2BerryFilm - Korean Style Cam

        3. 3オルディ Oldi - Phone Camera

        4. 4Analog Wedding

        5. 5iY2K - 올인원 카메라 어플

        6. 6filmhwa - @hwa.min's filter

        7. 7DayGrid: 데일리스케줄, 하루 계획표

        8. 8AnkiMobile Flashcards

        9. 9회독JLPT

        10. 10GIKA - Vintage Phone Cam

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-10

          Steam · Top sellers

          1. 1PUBG: Battlegrounds

            Rising

          2. 2Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

            Falling

          3. 3Football Manager 27

            Rising

          4. 4Eternal Return

          5. 5Once Human

            Rising

          6. 6Crimson Desert

          7. 7Phantom Blade Zero

            Falling

          8. 8Limbus Company

          9. 9DJMax Respect

            Breakout

          10. 10Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

            Breakout

          Show the top 100

            Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-11-03


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