The Korea Times media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give The Korea Times one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 335 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Korea Times biased?
The rating organisations do not give The Korea Times one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Korea Times left or right?
The rating organisations do not give The Korea Times one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is The Korea Times reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Korea Times are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Korea Times has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Korea Times’s own report linked underneath.
Donald Trump stated that Republicans would have won the midterm elections in a landslide if he had been on the ballot. A White House official echoed this sentiment, attributing the results to candidate quality and Trump's absence from voting.
The Korea Times reported it asTrump says will accept results of US midterm elections: NY Times (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
The Korea Times reported it asDemocrats capture Congress in sweeping setback for Trump (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance after a multi-stage attack that began in June. The breach involved a bogus job interview and malicious software, leading to the compromise of two engineers' computers and a record crypto heist.
The Korea Times reported it asBinance hackers used fake job interview in $6.3 billion attack (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
The Korea Times reported it asUS voters head to polls to deliver midterm verdict on Trump (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Control of the US Senate is expected to hinge on a handful of closely contested races in the upcoming midterm elections. Key battles in states like Michigan and Texas are drawing particular attention as indicators of broader political trends.
The Korea Times reported it asPolls Begin to Close in Midterm Elections as Voters Pass Judgment on Trump's Second Term (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
The Korea Times reported it asUS voters head to polls to deliver midterm verdict on Trump (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
The Korea Times reported it asUS voters head to polls to deliver midterm verdict on Trump (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
The Korea Times reported it asElection Day arrives after surge in early voting, with observers keeping close watch at polls (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Iranian state media reported hearing five explosions on Qeshm Island, near Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan province. Some residents reported seeing two aircraft in the sky. No official confirmation of the source has been released.
The Korea Times reported it asUS conducted defensive strikes on Iranian targets in Strait of Hormuz, US official says (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
President Donald Trump indicated he would deliver his final campaign pitch for the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The renovation of the pool has been marked by significant cost increases and schedule delays.
The Korea Times reported it asTrump forgoes traditional campaign trail stops in final push before Election Day (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday, buoyed by stabilising technology and AI stocks and a sharp drop in crude oil prices. Hopes for a US-Iran peace deal were cited as a factor in the oil price decline.
The Korea Times reported it asUS stocks recover some of last week's sell-off after oil prices fall sharply (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Iran announced on Monday that it is engaged in intensive indirect negotiations with the United States, mediated by Qatar and Pakistan, to de-escalate tensions and avert potential conflict. The country has also offered to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz under specific conditions.
The Korea Times reported it asIran says in 'intensive' negotiations with US to avert war (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Supermarkets in at least nine European countries experienced cyberattacks on their refrigeration systems on November 2. The European Union warned the incidents were a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain, leading to spoiled food and investigations.
The Korea Times reported it asNew cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
South Korea's 2027 budget proposal includes a significant increase in funding for artificial intelligence and semiconductors. President Lee Jae Myung aims to bolster the nation's technological capabilities with an investment of 21.3 trillion won, nearly double the amount allocated for the previous year.
The Korea Times reported it asLee pitches future-oriented fund as he seeks parliamentary support for record-high budget (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
North Korea has condemned the recent South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise "Iron Mace," calling it a nuclear war rehearsal. Pyongyang stated it will continue to bolster its nuclear deterrence in response to perceived threats from the drills.
The Korea Times reported it asN. Korea denounces S Korea-US joint military drills, vows to bolster nuclear deterrent (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta will visit South Korea separately this week for summits with President Lee Jae Myung. Discussions will cover bilateral cooperation in areas including trade, investment, defense, and nuclear power.
The Korea Times reported it asTurkish, East Timorese presidents to visit S. Korea this week for talks with Lee (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that the US has neutralized much of Iran's military but still needs to address one or two targets, including a suspected nuclear site. He suggested these could be dealt with quickly.
The Korea Times reported it asTrump says US still has to 'take care' of one or two targets in Iran (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
At the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, Syrian foreign minister Asaad al‑Shaibani said Damascus is evaluating entry into the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, and warned that Israel has launched more than 1,000 attacks on Syria in under two years.
The Korea Times reported it asSyria weighing whether to join Mecca pact: foreign minister (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
North Korea's defense research institutes have tested a cluster bomb warhead intended for tactical ballistic missiles. State media reported the weapon can destroy an area of up to 13 hectares, and Pyongyang plans to equip military units with various types by the end of 2026.
The Korea Times reported it asN. Korea tests cluster bomb mountable on tactical ballistic missiles (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
The Korea Times reported it asPatrick Stewart, legendary actor of 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men' fame, dies at 86 (opens The Korea Times in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Hankook Ilbounknowndirect owner
- Dongwha EnterpriseCorporationparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Seoul, South Korea
- Official site
- koreatimes.co.kr
- Seen publishing on
- koreatimes.co.kr
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 335
- Reports listed
- 362
- We could read
- 58
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
304 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 58 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 183 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and The Korea Times ran the story anyway.
Across the 335 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Korea Times: its report arrived a median of 26 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 November 2026.
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