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Koreajoongangdaily API, RSS and sitemap

Every article Koreajoongangdaily publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 3,857 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

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Four ways to pull koreajoongangdaily.com

All four are ours, all four are live, and none of them needs a key.

JSON Search this publisher

Every article we hold from koreajoongangdaily.com, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.koreajoongangdaily.com&size=20"open it →

RSS Subscribe in any reader

The same articles as an RSS 2.0 feed. Works in Feedly, Inoreader, Thunderbird — anywhere.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/rss?host=www.koreajoongangdaily.com&size=50"open it →

JSON Feed For apps

JSON Feed 1.1, the same content in a format apps parse natively.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/feed.json?host=www.koreajoongangdaily.com&size=50"open it →

Trimmed For agents

Only the fields an agent needs — title, url, date, language — so the response stays small.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.koreajoongangdaily.com&size=20&fields=title,url,published_at,lang"open it →

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and Koreajoongangdaily headlines come back as JSON.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.koreajoongangdaily.com&size=5"
3,857
articles indexed
1,312
in the last 30 days
50
median per day
2
languages
68 min
median crawl lag
24.07 → 22.10
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 90 days. The busiest hour is 15:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-07-24: 43 articles2026-07-25: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-26: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-27: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-28: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-29: 68 articles2026-07-30: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-31: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-01: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-02: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-03: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-04: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-05: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-06: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-08: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-09: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-10: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-11: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-12: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-13: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-14: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-15: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-16: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-17: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-18: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-19: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-20: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-21: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-22: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-23: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-24: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-25: 67 articles2026-08-26: 52 articles2026-08-27: 58 articles2026-08-28: 45 articles2026-08-29: 13 articles2026-08-30: 31 articles2026-08-31: 51 articles2026-09-01: 61 articles2026-09-02: 54 articles2026-09-03: 52 articles2026-09-04: 52 articles2026-09-05: 15 articles2026-09-06: 20 articles2026-09-07: 43 articles2026-09-08: 63 articles2026-09-09: 64 articles2026-09-10: 65 articles2026-09-11: 36 articles2026-09-12: 13 articles2026-09-13: 38 articles2026-09-14: 58 articles2026-09-15: 53 articles2026-09-16: 70 articles2026-09-17: 72 articles2026-09-18: 39 articles2026-09-19: 14 articles2026-09-20: 31 articles2026-09-21: 53 articles2026-09-22: 64 articles2026-09-23: 51 articles2026-09-24: 24 articles2026-09-25: 25 articles2026-09-26: 28 articles2026-09-27: 37 articles2026-09-28: 66 articles2026-09-29: 59 articles2026-09-30: 74 articles2026-10-01: 55 articles2026-10-02: 36 articles2026-10-03: 20 articles2026-10-04: 24 articles2026-10-05: 41 articles2026-10-06: 48 articles2026-10-07: 69 articles2026-10-08: 57 articles2026-10-09: 27 articles2026-10-10: 13 articles2026-10-11: 30 articles2026-10-12: 52 articles2026-10-13: 63 articles2026-10-14: 50 articles2026-10-15: 45 articles2026-10-16: 38 articles2026-10-17: 15 articles2026-10-18: 41 articles2026-10-19: 47 articles2026-10-20: 50 articles2026-10-21: 60 articles2026-10-22: 67 articles07-2409-0809-2310-0810-22

The 29 hatched days are gaps in the upstream news archive, not quiet days at Koreajoongangdaily: the whole corpus dips on those dates. They are excluded from the median above.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?host=www.koreajoongangdaily.com&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When Koreajoongangdaily actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 3,857 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 2140001: 1640102: 1630203: 2090304: 2290405: 2400506: 2110607: 2970708: 2800809: 3510910: 2851011: 1741112: 1101213: 301314: 71415: 4501516: 71617: 21718: 11819: 11920: 322021: 72122: 3082223: 8523
Mon: 621MonTue: 736TueWed: 748WedThu: 704ThuFri: 483FriSat: 198SatSun: 367Sun

Sections

Sections come from the publisher's own markup, present on 100% of their articles.

Languages

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish3,856100.0%
koKorean10.0%

Latest articles

The 18 most recent Koreajoongangdaily articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

Can North Korea’s nukes really be called defensive?
2026-10-22 15:01 UTC · opinion · Opinion Desk
An opinion column examines President Lee Jae Myung's remarks on North Korea's nuclear weapons, Pyongyang's expanding nuclear doctrine and concerns over the U.S.-South Kor
Curling brings Seoul neighbors together in a joyful showdown
2026-10-22 15:01 UTC · opinion · Opinion Desk
More than 140 athletes from 16 disability welfare organizations competed in an inclusive floor curling tournament in Seoul's Geumcheon District.
Why one pharaoh turned his back on pyramids
2026-10-22 15:01 UTC · opinion · Opinion Desk
Why did ancient Egyptian pharaoh Shepseskaf reject the pyramid? His mastaba tomb may reveal a short-lived challenge to the growing political power of Ra worship.
The high-rate era is already here. Are your finances ready?
2026-10-22 15:01 UTC · opinion · Opinion Desk
Structural shifts in globalization, government deficits and AI investment could keep interest rates elevated. Learn how borrowers and investors can prepare for prolonged
Why the Democratic Party’s apologies keep ringing hollow
2026-10-22 15:01 UTC · opinion · Opinion Desk
An editorial examines criticism of South Korea's Democratic Party over a series of controversial remarks and what it calls politically motivated 'pseudo-apologies.'
North Korea's threats test Seoul's resolve
2026-10-22 15:01 UTC · opinion · Opinion Desk
North Korea's threats to resume border loudspeaker broadcasts and escalating tensions near the MDL highlight the need for a clear South Korean response and stronger US al
Korea’s manufacturing edge faces a defining decade
2026-10-22 15:01 UTC · opinion · Opinion Desk
South Korea must pursue structural reforms in labor, education, infrastructure and trade to protect its manufacturing competitiveness as China advances and the semiconduc
Trillions lost: Regulators must answer for ETF fiasco
2026-10-22 15:01 UTC · opinion · Opinion Desk
South Korea’s financial regulators face growing calls to disclose who approved the rushed rollout of single-stock leveraged ETFs after individual investors reportedly los
Why a Korean marathoner’s post about her period stood out
2026-10-22 13:24 UTC · sports · News Team
Korean marathoner Park Seo-yeon’s candid post about racing while on her period spotlights a global shift as female athletes challenge stigma, sexualization and male-cente
Korea music group withholds $18 million in YouTube Shorts royalties amid fraud probe
2026-10-22 13:17 UTC · business · News Team
Korea Music Copyright Association has withheld about $18 million in YouTube Shorts royalties from four rights holders over suspected artificial song usage, including pote
Coupang political donations shift toward Democrats ahead of U.S. midterms
2026-10-22 12:51 UTC · business · News Team
Coupang’s PAC increased donations to Democrats as it stepped up Washington lobbying ahead of the US midterm elections, while maintaining support for key Republican lawmak
Pope invites youth to Seoul for 'pilgrimage of faith, friendship and hope'
2026-10-22 12:44 UTC · korea · Published Make us preferred
Pope Leo XIV urged young Catholics to join a pilgrimage of faith, friendship and hope at World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul, South Korea, from Aug. 3 to 8.
Korea to face Saudi Arabia, Qatar in November football friendlies
2026-10-22 12:16 UTC · sports · YONHAP
South Korea will face Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Doha in November friendlies, the Taegeuk Warriors' final matches before the 2027 Asian Cup under interim coach Robert More
Over 110,000 Korean student Google accounts hacked, ministry orders password reset
2026-10-22 12:10 UTC · korea · News Team
More than 110,000 Google Workspace accounts used by Korean students for online learning were hacked, prompting the Education Ministry to order urgent password resets nati
'Original reporting' critical to democracy's defense, says New York Times publisher
2026-10-22 12:10 UTC · korea · SARAH KIM
New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger discusses Trump’s anti-press actions, AI intellectual property theft and why original reporting is vital to democracy in an inter
Six more election offices entered false voter turnout data: special counsel
2026-10-22 11:03 UTC · korea · NEWS1
A South Korean special counsel found six more local election commissions falsely entered voter turnout data in the June 3 local elections, raising the total to 36 offices
34 student activists convicted over trespassing at presidential compound, U.S. base
2026-10-22 10:59 UTC · korea · NEWS1
A Seoul court convicted 34 student activists over illegal entries at the former presidential compound and a U.S. military base, imposing fines and a suspended prison term
Ryu Hae-ran one shot off lead after opening of BMW Ladies Championship
2026-10-22 10:58 UTC · sports · YONHAP
World No. 3 Ryu Hae-ran opened with a bogey-free 5-under 67 to sit one shot off the lead at the LPGA Tour's BMW Ladies Championship in Haenam, South Korea.

Harvest it all

Page through the archive by date. from and to accept YYYY-MM-DD or relative values such as now-7d.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.koreajoongangdaily.com&from=now-7d&size=100"

To poll for new material, keep the timestamp of the newest article you saw and ask only for what came after it:

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.koreajoongangdaily.com&from=now-1h&sort=date_asc"

Article bodies come with full_text=true. No key, no quota tier, no header — see the search endpoint for every parameter.

Metadata quality

How well Koreajoongangdaily marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

99%
dates from JSON-LD
100%
articles with a byline
100%
articles with sections
149 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 68 min at the median, 162 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does Koreajoongangdaily have an official API?

Not a public one. This endpoint is the practical alternative: their articles as structured JSON, with title, lead, publication time, section, byline and a link back to the original.

How do I get their RSS feed?

Most publishers expose one at /rss or /feed, but feeds carry only the last few dozen items and drop them within hours. This index keeps 3,857 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does Koreajoongangdaily publish per day?

50 on a median day, measured across 90 days.

Can I use this commercially?

The API is free and unauthenticated. What you may do with the content is between you and the publisher: we return metadata, a lead paragraph and a link, not a licence.