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Korean news: search, latest and full articles, 15 editions and AI summaries in 87 languages.
Remote server: your requests and data go to smilestory.thekoreantoday.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http the-korean-today https://smilestory.thekoreantoday.com/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
search_articles — Full-text search of The Korean Today articles, newest first. Korean keywords work best for the Korean edition; use lang for another edition latest_articles — Most recent articles, optionally by section and language.get_article — Full text and metadata of one article by id or URL. With lang, also returns the AI summary in that language and links to other language editlist_sections — News sections with slugs and article counts.krw_exchange_rates — Today's base rates in South Korean won (KRW per unit) for about 43 currencies, from public official sources only: Export-Import Bank of Koreholidays — National public holidays for 20 countries (KR US JP CN VN TH PH ID IN DE GB FR AU CA BR MX AE SG HK TW) and closures of 9 stock exchanges (Xopen_pharmacies — South Korean pharmacies registered as open on a given Sunday or Korean public holiday, by province and district, with self-reported opening list_languages — Language editions with their own articles, and the 87 languages with AI summaries.Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.