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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.
You are welcome to suggest changes to this page by posting on the talk page.
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Considered reliable
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| Source | Language(s) | Brief description | Discussion(s) |
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| Asia Today Korea | Korean, English, Chinese, Vietnamese | Newspaper, broad coverage. | |
| Billboard (about) |
English | American magazine; relevant for music charts. | See guideline |
| BizTribune | Korean | Business news. | 2018 |
| Busan Ilbo (about) |
Korean | Regional news for Busan and national news, broad coverage. | |
| The Chosun Ilbo (about) |
Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese | 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 (about) |
Korean | Film magazine. | |
| Circle Chart (about) |
Korean, English | Music charts. Previously called "Gaon Chart". | |
| The Dong-A Ilbo (about) |
Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese | Newspaper of record, broad coverage. | 2014 |
| Doosan Encyclopedia (about) |
Korean | Private encyclopedia. Also called "Doopedia". | 2014 |
| Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (about) |
Korean | 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 (about) |
Korean, English, Chinese, Spanish | By the government-backed National Folk Museum of Korea. Focuses on past to present Korean culture. | 2024 |
| Encyclopedia of Korean Local Culture (about) |
Korean | Over 200 regional encyclopedias, jointly made by the government-backed Academy of Korean Studies and local governments. | 2024, 2024 |
| Encyclopedia of Overseas Korean Culture (about) |
Korean | By the government-backed Academy of Korean Studies. Focuses on the Korean diaspora. | 2024 |
| Gallup Korea (about) |
Korean | Korean branch of Gallup, Inc. | 2014 |
| HanCinema (about) |
English | Database and news about pop culture. | 2024 |
| Hankook Ilbo (about) |
Korean | Newspaper, broad coverage. | 2014 |
| The Hankyoreh (about) |
Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese | Newspaper, broad coverage. | 2014 |
| Historynet | Korean, English | 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. | |
| HuffPost Korea (about) |
Korean | Korean-language edition of the HuffPost. | WP:HUFFPOST |
| Ilgan Sports (about) |
Korean | Sports and entertainment newspaper. | |
| IZM (about) |
Korean | Music reviews and news. | |
| Jeju Ilbo (about) |
Korean | Local newspaper for Jeju Province. Not to be confused with New Jeju Ilbo. | |
| Koreana (about) |
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese | Magazine by the Korea Foundation, an NGO affiliated with the South Korean government. | 2014 |
| KBS World (about) |
Korean, English | Part of the Korean Broadcasting System. Online, radio, and television news in multiple languages. | 2014 |
| The Korea Herald (about) |
English, Korean | Major English-language newspaper. Some articles in Korean. | |
| Korea JoongAng Daily (about) |
English | Major English-language newspaper, English edition of JoongAng Ilbo. | 2014 |
| The Kookje Daily News (about) |
Korean | Newspaper, broad coverage. | 2018 |
| The Korea Times (about) |
English | 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 |
| The Korea Economic Daily (about) |
Korean, English | Business newspaper with some broad coverage. Also called "Hankyung". | |
| Korea.net (about) |
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese | Web portal by the South Korean government (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism). Mainly useful for news. | 2014 |
| Korea Heritage Service Website (about) |
Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese | South Korean government agency, often deals with heritage registers. Previously called "Cultural Heritage Administration". | |
| Korean Movie Database (about) |
Korean, English | Database of Korea-related films. Also has articles, photos, and digitized films. No known indication that it is user-generated, unlike WP:IMDB. | 2024 |
| Kpop Herald (about) |
English | English-language pop culture arm of The Korea Herald. | 2014 |
| Kukmin Ilbo (about) |
Korean | 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 (about) |
Korean | Major newspaper, broad coverage. | |
| Maxim Korea | Korean | Entertainment news, branch of Maxim. Needs discussion. | |
| Kuki News (defunct) | Korean | Entertainment news, needs discussion. | |
| Maeil Business Newspaper (about) |
Korean | 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 |
| Monthly Chosun (about) |
Korean | History and current affairs magazine, sister to The Chosun Ilbo. | 2014 |
| My Daily | Korean | Entertainment news, needs discussion. | |
| News1 | Korean | Newspaper, broad coverage. | 2018 |
| Newsen | Korean | Online paper, mostly pop culture. Needs discussion. | 2024 |
| NewsPim | Korean | Newspaper, broad coverage. | |
| Newsis (about) |
Korean | Newspaper, broad coverage. | |
| No Cut News (about) |
Korean | Newspaper, broad coverage. | |
| Osen (about) |
Korean | Online paper, mostly pop culture. Needs discussion. | 2024 |
| Pressian (about) |
Korean | Online paper, broad coverage. | 2024 |
| Segye Ilbo (about) |
Korean | 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 Economic Daily (about) |
Korean | Business, also broad coverage. | 2018 |
| Seoul Shinmun (about) |
Korean | Major newspaper, broad coverage. | |
| Sinhan Minbo (defunct) (about) |
Korean | Korean-American paper, discontinued in the 1980s. | 2018 |
| SisaIN | Korean | Monthly news print magazine. Technically behind paid subscription, but most articles become public after short term. | |
| Sports Today | Korean | Entertainment news, needs discussion. | |
| Star N | Korean | Entertainment news, needs discussion. English-language portal of a Korean entertainment news website. Former url is here; it is now a casino website. | |
| Star News | English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese | Entertainment news about South Korea, needs discussion. | |
| Ten Asia | Korean | Entertainment news. Part of The Korea Economic Daily. | |
| Travel Bike News | Korean | Broad coverage, needs discussion. | 2018 |
| TV Daily | Korean | Entertainment news. Needs discussion. | |
| VisitSeoul.net | Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Malay | Seoul Metropolitan Government website for tourists. Logistical and high-level historical information about places. Historical information passable quality, logistical information more useful. | 2014 |
| VisitKorea.or.kr (about) |
Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, French, Indonesian, German, Spanish, Thai, Russian, Turkish | Website by the government-backed Korea Tourism Organization. Logistical and high-level historical information about places. Historical information passable quality, logistical information more useful. | 2014 |
| Yonhap News Agency (about) |
Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Spanish, French | 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. |
2024 |
| XSport News | Korean | Sports and entertainment news. Needs discussion. |
Defunct
[edit]- Britannica Korea [1] (DEAD, as of May 18, 2024) – The Korean 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.
Considered unreliable
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This list does not encompass all unreliable sites. All personal and fan blogs are unreliable unless specifically stated otherwise.
- Allkpop [2] – A celebrity gossip-based site which publishes rumors and conjecture in addition to accurately reported facts.
- Asian Junkie [3] – A website focused on Asian entertainment gossip.
- AsianWiki [https://asianwiki.com] – An English-language TV series and film database.
- Blogspot [4][5] – A blog-hosting site; includes all the blogs it hosts.
- Brunch [6] – A blog-style portal that hosts user-generated contents. Essentially a Korean version of Medium.
- Channel Korea [7] – An English-language K-pop website.
- Daily KPOP News [8] – A third-party news site which reports relevant K-pop news in English, mostly from other News Sources.
- Ddanzi Ilbo [9] – A parody news site with no real editorial standards.
- Hallyure [10] – A English-language self-published K-pop website.
- Hello K-pop [11] – An English-language K-pop website.
- The Honey Pop [12] – A fan-edited English-language site that focuses on news related to pop culture and opinions, lacking rigorous editorial standards.
- Hwaiting.jp [13][14] – A Japanese-language K-pop fanblog.
- Inki News [15] – Korean TV ratings translated to English.
- Japako Music [16] – An English-language K-pop website.
- J-pop Asia [17] – A J-pop fanblog.
- Kbizoom [18] – An English-language K-pop website.
- Korea Exposé [19] – A promotional blog created by content farm consultant company Mediasphere, seemingly to promote its AI model
- Korea Portal – (ENG, KOR) A K-pop news and gossip site.
- Korea Star Daily [20] – A Chinese-language K-pop site.
- Korea.com [21] – Delivers news and opinions on the entertainment, technology, health, and beauty sectors.
- Koreaboo [22] – A website focused on reporting the latest gossip and news related to K-Pop
- Knowledge Search – An information-sharing tool first launched in 2002 for Naver users.
- Kpop Hit [23] – An English-language K-pop website run by Facebook fan page.
- K-pop Fans [24] – An English-language K-pop website.
- K-pop Map [25] – An English-language K-pop & K-drama website.
- K-popping [26] – An English-language K-pop website. The database section is a fan run wiki open for anyone to edit.
- K-pop Singers – An English-language K-pop profiles database.
- K-pop Source [27] – A K-pop discussion forum.
- K-pop Starz [28] – Reports K-pop news in English.
- K-Profiles [29] – An English-language K-pop website.
- K-Drama Stars [30] – Reports K-drama news in English.
- The Kraze [31] – An English-language K-pop fanblog and review site.
- K-Star Live [32] – An English-language K-pop website.
- Meaww [33] – An English-language entertainment website.
- MyDramaList [https://mydramalist.com/] – An English-language TV series and film database.
- Naver Blog [35] – A blog-hosting site.
- Naver Cafe [36] – A community forum site.
- Naver Search – Search result's page of Naver search engine.
- Ningen [37] – A J-pop fanblog. Possibly defunct.
- Officially K-Music [38] – A third-party news site which reports relevant K-pop news in English, mostly from other News Sources.
- OhmyNews [39] – A citizen-journalism website. While it has an editorial staff, regular articles have had issues with fact verification.
- One Hallyu [40] – A fan-edited forum.
- Rigveda Wiki [41] Archived 2013-07-12 at the Wayback Machine – A Korean wiki (a self-published source) allowing individual opinions and rumors without any reliable sources.
- Seoul Beats [42] – A K-pop and K-drama fanblog and review site.
- Soompi [43] – An English-language K-pop site.
- The Standom [44] – An English-language K-pop site.
- Tistory [45] – A blog-hosting site; includes all of the blogs it hosts.
- Tokyo Hive [46] – Allkpop's J-pop counterpart.
- Touring Data – An English-language website for concerts/tours stats.
- Unam Wiki [47] – A conservative Korean-language Wiki.
- United K-pop [48] – A K-pop fanblog.
- Wikitree [49] – An alledged news website that published user-generated contents until 2019 and has poor editorial supervision.
- Wordpress [50] – A blog hosting site; includes all of the blogs it hosts (namely KpopInfo114 and K Profiles).
- Zapzee [51] – An English-language K-pop site.
- Zenerate [52] – A promotional blog created by content farm consultant company Mediasphere, seemingly to promote its AI model