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This is a list of Korea-related sources and community verdicts on whether they are reliable. Sources deemed unreliable on here should generally not be used.
See also Wikipedia:Reliable sources for site-wide guidelines and Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources for a site-wide list. As of 2024, few Korea-related sites have been put on the site-wide list; consider starting discussions to get them added.
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News aggregators
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If you use articles republished by news aggregators like Naver News and Daum News, you should specify in the ref both the original newspaper that published the article and the news aggregator, like so: {{Cite news |newspaper=[[Pressian]] |via=[[Naver News]] |url=...
While news aggregators aren't necessarily inherently reliable or unreliable, some of the sources they republish may be unreliable per our standards. For example, Naver News's source list includes OhmyNews. Especially for contentious topics, you should scrutinize the underlying source.
Sources
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This list does not encompass all reliable and unreliable sites.
Legend
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| Source | Status (legend) | Brief description | Discussion(s) |
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| Allkpop (allkpop |
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An English-language celebrity gossip-based site which publishes rumors and conjecture in addition to accurately reported facts. Discussions have consistently concluded that the site is unreliable and especially inappropriate for WP:BLP. | 2012, 2012, 2012, 2014, 2014, 2017, 2024 |
| Asia Today Korea (asiatoday.co.kr) |
Newspaper, broad coverage.
Available in Korean, English, Chinese, Vietnamese. |
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| Asian Junkie (asianjunkie.com) |
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An English website focused on Asian entertainment gossip. | 2021 |
| AsianWiki (asianwiki.com) |
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An English-language TV series and film database. Appears to be user generated. Was blacklisted for use on Wikipedia. | 2018 |
| Billboard (billboard |
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American magazine; relevant for music charts. | WP:BILLBOARDCHARTS |
| BizTribune (biztribune |
A Korean-language business news. | 2018 | |
| Blogger (blogger |
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A blog-hosting site; see WP:UGC. | |
| Britannica Korea (defunct, previously at britannica.co.kr) |
A Korean-language edition of the Britannica encyclopedia (However, also see WP:BRITANNICA). URLs no longer resolve to previous content. Archival bot(s) have been requested to update existing refs. | ||
| Brunch (brunch |
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A Korean-language blog-hosting site, similar to Medium; see WP:UGC. | 2024 |
| Busan Ilbo (busan |
A Korean-language regional news for Busan and national news, broad coverage. | ||
| Channel Korea (defunct, previously at channel-korea.com) |
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An English-language K-pop website. Needs discussion. | |
| The Chosun Ilbo (chosun |
Newspaper of record, broad coverage. Be mindful of political coverage. The newspaper's coverage of North Korea has had accuracy issues in the past. The newspaper is considered strongly right-leaning. Otherwise considered reliable. | 2024 | |
| Cine21 (cine21 |
A Korean-language film magazine. | ||
| Circle Chart (circlechart |
Music charts. Previously called "Gaon Chart".
Available in Korean, English. |
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| Daily KPOP News (defunct, previously at dkpopnews.net) |
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An English-language third-party news site which reports relevant K-pop news, mostly from other news sources. Possibly needs more discussion, although now defunct. | 2014 |
| Ddanzi Ilbo (ddanzi |
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A Korean-language parody news site with no real editorial standards. | 2024 |
| The Dong-A Ilbo (donga |
Newspaper of record, broad coverage. | 2014 | |
| Doosan Encyclopedia (doopedia |
A Korean-language private encyclopedia. Also called "Doopedia". | 2014 | |
| Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (encykorea |
A Korean-language encyclopedia by the government-backed Academy of Korean Studies. One of the most widely used Korean studies encyclopedias.
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2024 | |
| Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture (folkency |
By the government-backed National Folk Museum of Korea. Focuses on past to present Korean culture.
Available in Korean, English, Chinese, Spanish. |
2024 | |
| Encyclopedia of Korean Local Culture (grandculture |
A Korean-language encyclopedia of over 200 region, jointly made by the government-backed Academy of Korean Studies and local governments. | 2024, 2024 | |
| Encyclopedia of Overseas Korean Culture (okpedia |
A Korean-language encyclopedia by the government-backed Academy of Korean Studies. Focuses on the Korean diaspora. | 2024 | |
| Gallup Korea (gallup |
Korean branch of Gallup, Inc. | 2014 | |
| Hallyure (defunct, previously at hallyure.com) |
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An English-language self-published K-pop website. | |
| HanCinema (hancinema |
An English-language database and news about pop culture. | 2024 | |
| Hankook Ilbo (hankookilbo |
A Korean-language newspaper, broad coverage. | 2014 | |
| The Hankyoreh (hani |
Newspaper, broad coverage. | 2014 | |
| Hello K-pop (hellokpop |
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An English-language K-pop website. Needs discussion. | |
| History Net (contents |
Various articles, documents, photos, ebooks, and videos on Korean history. By the government-backed National Institute of Korean History. Some of its content is for children and greatly simplified; avoid using this content.
Available in Korean, English. |
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| The Honey Pop (thehoneypop |
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An English-language fan-edited site that focuses on news related to pop culture and opinions, lacking rigorous editorial standards. | 2024 |
| HuffPost Korea (huffingtonpost |
Korean-language edition of the HuffPost. | WP:HUFFPOST | |
| Hwaiting.me (hwaiting |
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A Japanese-language K-pop fanblog. | 2015 |
| Ilgan Sports (isplus |
A Korean-language sports and entertainment newspaper. | ||
| Inki News (defunct, previously at inkinews.com) |
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Korean TV ratings translated to English. Needs discussion. | 2018 |
| IZM (izm |
A Korean-language music reviews and news. | ||
| Japako Music (defunct, previously at japakomusic.com) |
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An English-language K-pop website. Needs discussion, although now defunct. | |
| Jeju Ilbo (jejunews |
A Korean-language newspaper for Jeju Province. Not to be confused with New Jeju Ilbo. | ||
| J-pop Asia (defunct, previously at jpopasia.com) |
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An English-language J-pop fanblog. | 2015 |
| K-Drama Stars (kdramastars |
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An English-language K-drama news website. Possibly needs more discussion; users expressed concern about it having clickbait. | 2017 |
| K-pop Fans (kpopfans |
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An English-language K-pop website. Needs discussion. | |
| K-pop Map (kpopmap |
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An English-language K-pop and K-drama website. Needs discussion. | |
| K-pop Singers (kpopsingers |
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An English-language K-pop profiles database. Needs discussion. | |
| K-pop Source (kpopsource |
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An English-language K-pop discussion forum. | |
| K-pop Starz (kpopstarz |
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An English-language K-pop website. There has been disagreement on its reliability. The website, at one point, listed names for a professional writing staff. Users have conflicted opinions on the reliability of the content. Some report to having no issues with crossreferencing facts, and others express concern about clickbaity writing. | 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 |
| K-popping (kpopping |
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An English-language K-pop website. The database section is a fan run wiki open for anyone to edit. | 2019 |
| K-Profiles (kprofiles |
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An English-language K-pop website. Some users were unsure of where it gets its information from and expressed doubts about its accuracy. | 2018 |
| K-Star Live (kstarlive |
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An English-language K-pop website. Needs discussion. | |
| KBIZoom (kbizoom |
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An English-language K-pop website. Needs discussion. | |
| KBS World (world |
Part of the Korean Broadcasting System. Online, radio, and television news in multiple languages.
Available in Korean, English. |
2014 | |
| The Korea Economic Daily (hankyung |
Business newspaper with some broad coverage. Also called "Hankyung".
Available in Korean, English. |
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| Korea Exposé (koreaexpose |
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An English-language promotional blog created by content farm consultant company Mediasphere, seemingly to promote its AI model. | 2024 |
| The Korea Herald (koreaherald |
Major English-language newspaper. Some articles in Korean. | ||
| Korea Heritage Service (english |
South Korean government agency, often deals with heritage registers. Previously called "Cultural Heritage Administration".
Available in Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese. |
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| Korea JoongAng Daily (koreajoongangdaily |
Major English-language newspaper, English edition of JoongAng Ilbo. | 2014 | |
| Korean Movie Database (kmdb |
Database of Korea-related films. Also has articles, photos, and digitized films. No known indication that it is user-generated, unlike WP:IMDB.
Available in Korean, English. |
2024 | |
| Korea Portal (en |
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A K-pop news and gossip site.
Available in English, Korean. |
2018 |
| Korea Star Daily (koreastardaily |
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A Chinese-language K-pop site. | 2018 |
| The Korea Times (koreatimes |
Major English-language newspaper. Sister paper with Hankook Ilbo. Not to be confused with the America-based The Korea Times or its various local branches (different urls). These papers are also sisters to Hankook Ilbo. | 2014 | |
| Korea.com (korea |
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A Korean-language news and opinions on the entertainment, technology, health, and beauty sectors. | 2015 |
| Korea.net (korea |
Web portal by the South Korean government (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism). Mainly useful for news.
Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
2014 | |
| Koreana (koreana |
Magazine by the Korea Foundation, an NGO affiliated with the South Korean government.
Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
2014 | |
| Koreaboo (koreaboo |
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An English-language website focused on reporting the latest gossip and news related to K-Pop. | 2014, 2024 |
| Kpop Herald (kpopherald |
English-language pop culture arm of The Korea Herald. | 2014 | |
| Kpop Hit (kpophit |
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An English-language K-pop website run by Facebook fan page. Needs discussion. | |
| The Kookje Daily News (kookje |
A Korean-language newspaper, broad coverage. | 2018 | |
| The Kraze (defunct, previously at thekrazemagazine.com) |
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An English-language K-pop fanblog and review site. Needs discussion, although now defunct. | |
| Kuki News (defunct, previously at kukinews.com) |
A Korean-language entertainment news, needs discussion. | ||
| Kukmin Ilbo (kmib |
A Korean-language newspaper, broad coverage.
Caution: the newspaper publishes unvetted automatic machine translations of its Korean-language articles into English using Naver Papago. Unless you compare the article to its original Korean text, do not rely solely on these machine translations per WP:MACHINE. |
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| Kyunghyang Shinmun (khan |
A Korean-language Major newspaper, broad coverage. | ||
| Maeil Business Newspaper (mk |
Broad coverage. Also called Maekyung or MK. Also has a sub paper called "Star News". Both are considered reliable.
Important: only the Korean-language articles are reliable. For its other languages (English, Chinese, Japanese), it uses Naver Papago to automatically translate articles. Unvetted machine translation is not reliable. |
2018, 2024 | |
| Maxim Korea (maximkorea |
A Korean-language entertainment news, branch of Maxim. Needs discussion. | ||
| Meaww (meaww |
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An English-language entertainment website. | WP:MEAWW |
| Monthly Chosun (monthly |
A Korean-language history and current affairs magazine, sister to The Chosun Ilbo. | 2014 | |
| My Daily (mydaily |
A Korean-language entertainment news, needs discussion. | ||
| MyDramaList (https://mydramalist.com/) |
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An English-language TV series and film database. Allegedly user-generated. Was blacklisted for use on Wikipedia. | 2018 |
| Namuwiki (namu |
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A Korean-language wiki based in South Korean, unreliable per WP:UGC. Its reputation for rigor is extremely poor; it is not a reliable source in almost all scenarios. | |
| Naver Blog (blog |
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A Korean-language blog-hosting site. Unreliable per WP:UGC. | 2024 |
| Naver Cafe (cafe |
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A Korean-language blog/forum site. Unreliable per WP:UGC. | |
| Naver Knowledge (kin |
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A Korean-language forum-like website; unreliable per WP:UGC. | |
| News1 (news1 |
A Korean-language newspaper, broad coverage. | 2018 | |
| Newsen (newsen |
A Korean-language online paper, mostly pop culture. Needs discussion. | 2024 | |
| NewsPim (newspim |
A Korean-language newspaper, broad coverage. | ||
| Newsis (newsis |
A Korean-language newspaper, broad coverage. | ||
| Ningen (defunct, previously at ningen.com) |
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A J-pop fanblog.
Available in English, Japanese. |
2015 |
| No Cut News (nocutnews |
A Korean-language newspaper, broad coverage. | ||
| Officially K-Music (officiallykmusic |
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An English-language third-party news site which reports relevant K-pop news, mostly from other news sources. | 2014 |
| OhmyNews (ohmynews |
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An English-language citizen-journalism website. While some of its articles are written by a professional staff, most of its content is contributed by non-staff writers. Regular articles have had issues with fact verification. | 2024 |
| One Hallyu (onehallyu |
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An English-language fan-edited forum; see WP:UGC. | |
| OSEN (osen |
A Korean-language online paper, mostly pop culture. Needs discussion. | 2024 | |
| Pressian (pressian |
A Korean-language online paper, broad coverage. | 2024 | |
| Rigveda Wiki (rigvedawiki |
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A Korean-language wiki and predecessor to Namuwiki; see WP:UGC. Especially poor reputation for rigor. | |
| Segye Ilbo (segye |
A Korean-language online paper, broad coverage.
The paper is funded by the controversial Unification Church. Avoid using the paper for coverage of religion. In spite of this, the paper is generally considered reliable by journalist organizations in South Korea. Wikipedia editors are not aware of significant issues with the source otherwise. |
2024 | |
| Seoul Beats (seoulbeats |
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A English-language K-pop and K-drama fanblog and review site. | 2015 |
| Seoul Economic Daily (sedaily |
A Korean-language business news, also broad coverage. | 2018 | |
| Seoul Shinmun (seoul |
A Korean-language major newspaper, broad coverage. | ||
| Sinhan Minbo (defunct) | Korean-American paper, discontinued in the 1980s. | 2018 | |
| SisaIN (sisain |
A Korean-language monthly news print magazine. Technically behind paid subscription, but most articles become public after short term. | ||
| Soompi (soompi |
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Major English-language K-pop website. Its reliability is debated. Most agree that the site has had issues with reporting rumors and sensationalized reporting. The site is reportedly frequently cited by other publications that we consider reliable. A 2023 proposal to reclassify it as reliable reached no conclusion. | 2012, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023 |
| Sports Today (stoo |
A Korean-language entertainment news, needs discussion. | ||
| The Standom (thestandom |
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An English-language K-pop website. Needs discussion. | |
| Star N (defunct, previously at starnnews.com) |
A Korean-language entertainment news, needs discussion. English-language portal of a Korean entertainment news website. | ||
| Star News (starnewskorea |
Entertainment news about South Korea, needs discussion.
Available in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese. |
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| Ten Asia (tenasia |
A Korean-language Entertainment news. Part of The Korea Economic Daily. | ||
| Tistory (tistory |
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A Korean-language blog-hosting site; see WP:UGC. | |
| Tokyo Hive (tokyohive |
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An English-language Allkpop's J-pop counterpart. | 2015 |
| Touring Data (touringdata |
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An English-language Wordpress blog for concerts/tours stats; unreliable per WP:UGC. | |
| Travel Bike News (travelnbike |
A Korean-language broad coverage, needs discussion. | 2018 | |
| TV Daily (tvdaily |
A Korean-language entertainment news. Needs discussion. | ||
| Unam Wiki (unamwiki |
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A Korean-language conservative wiki, unreliable per WP:UGC | |
| United K-pop (unitedkpop |
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An English-language K-pop fanblog. | 2015 |
| VisitKorea.or.kr (visitkorea |
Website by the government-backed Korea Tourism Organization. Logistical and high-level historical information about places. Historical information passable quality, logistical information more useful.
Available in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, French, Indonesian, German, Spanish, Thai, Russian, Turkish. |
2014 | |
| VisitSeoul.net (visitseoul |
Seoul Metropolitan Government website for tourists. Logistical and high-level historical information about places. Historical information passable quality, logistical information more useful.
Available in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Malay. |
2014 | |
| Wikitree (wikitree |
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An English-language news website that published user-generated content until 2019. Several users agreed it has poor editorial supervision. | 2024 |
| WordPress (wordpress |
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A blog hosting site; unreliable per WP:UGC. | |
| XSport News (xportsnews |
A Korean-language sports and entertainment news. Needs discussion. | ||
| Yonhap News Agency (yna |
Major news agency. Television and online news.
Be wary of articles published around 2019 to 2021. Undisclosed sponsored articles; many of these were ultimately taken down. These articles should not be considered reliable or impartial. Available in Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Spanish, French. |
2024 | |
| Zapzee (zapzee |
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An English-language K-pop website. Needs discussion. | |
| Zenerate (realzenerate |
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An English-language blog by content farm consultant company Mediasphere. Confirmed to host AI-generated content. | 2024 |