Korean Peninsula

Korean Peninsula accounts for 0.014% of all global news coverage monitored by GDELT as of August 20, 2026 (2 matched articles/day). Coverage is down 29.6% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is +1.17 — neutral-to-positive.

Coverage of North Korean weapons programs, provocations, and inter-Korean and US–DPRK diplomacy.

Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.014%
of monitored articles
Articles / day
2
matched by GDELT
Week over week
-29.6%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
+1.17
neutral-to-positive

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Korean Peninsula coverage volume: 83 days, latest 0.01% on 2026-08-200.000.050.10May 22Jun 11Jun 25Jul 9Jul 23Aug 7Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Korean Peninsula coverage tone: 80 days, latest tone 1.17 on 2026-08-20+100-10May 22Jun 11Jun 25Jul 9Jul 24Aug 11Aug 20

Emotional signature

Korean Peninsula coverage anxiety density: 78 days, latest 0.00 on 2026-08-200.005.010.0May 26Jun 11Jun 24Jul 7Jul 22Aug 7Aug 20

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 0 anxiety · 9.1 anger · 22.5 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

By language

  • English100.0%

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-08-20). Tone split: 0% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

Countries where Korean Peninsula coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily Wikipedia pageviews, Korean Peninsula: 89 days, latest 471.00 on 2026-08-180.005001000May 22Jun 6Jun 21Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 18

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage -29.6%, reader interest +49.0% — supply and demand are diverging.

Top recent articles

  1. Trump plans meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un: 'I get along with him' ksby.com
  2. World News: Trump says he wants to meet North Korea's Kim gdnonline.com
  3. 트럼프 북한 핵무기 57개 발언 파장⋯WSJ 북미회담 성격 크게 달라질 것 etoday.co.kr
  4. Trump says US - South Korea exercises are insulting to North Korea Kim abcnews.com
  5. Ο Τραμπ θα συναντηθεί με Κιμ Γιονγκ Ουν πριν το τέλος του 2026 news247.gr
  6. 트럼프 김정은 , 57개 강력한 핵무기 보유 … 연내 만날 것 ichannela.com
  7. Trump says he expects to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un later this year adn.com
  8. Trump says he will meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un later this year nzherald.co.nz
  9. 北 핵무기 57개 트럼프 발언 파장 … 거래적 대북정책 수순밟나 fnnews.com
  10. Trump says will meet North Korea's Kim later this year freemalaysiatoday.com
  11. 트럼프 북핵 57개 보유 첫 구체적 언급 … 올해 김정은 만날 것 [ 1일1트 ] biz.heraldcorp.com
  12. North Korea leader sister denies talks with hostile US | Politics News aljazeera.com
  13. 트럼프 김정은 , 57개 매우 강력한 핵무기 보유 … 연내 만날 것 koreatimes.com
  14. Trump says North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons | The Peninsula Qatar thepeninsulaqatar.com
  15. Donald Trump aims to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un later this year jpost.com
  16. Trump says will meet North Korea Kim later this year vanguardngr.com
  17. Τραμπ : Η Βόρεια Κορέα διαθέτει 57 πολύ ισχυρά πυρηνικά όπλα , δεν θα έπρεπε να τα έχει kathimerini.gr
  18. مناورات على جبهتين .. كيف يوازن الرئيس الأمريكي بين الكوريتين ؟ aljazeera.net
  19. Trump plans to meet Kim Jong Un, says North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons hindustantimes.com
  20. Trump says he will meet North Korea Kim later this year news24.com
  21. Trump eyes Kim Jong-un meeting this year as North Korea questions outreach scmp.com
  22. Trump says will meet North Korea's Kim later this year channelnewsasia.com
  23. « Η συνάντηση της χρονιάς »: Ο Τραμπ επιβεβαιώνει τετ - α - τετ με τον Κιμ Γιονγκ Ουν για φέτος athensvoice.gr
  24. Τραμπ : « Θα συναντηθώ με τον Κιμ Γιονγκ Ουν – Διαθέτει 57 πολύ ισχυρά πυρηνικά όπλα » inewsgr.com
  25. Kim Jong-un's sister casts doubt on Trump's claims of secret US-North Korea talks | North Korea theguardian.com
  26. Donald Trump says North Korea has 57 'very powerful' nuclear weapons moneycontrol.com
  27. Τραμπ : Το ραντεβού με τον Κιμ Γιονγκ Ουν μέσα στο 2026 και τα « 57 πολύ ισχυρά πυρηνικά » protagon.gr
  28. Trump plans to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un perthnow.com.au
  29. Ο Τραμπ επιβεβαίωσε ότι θα συναντηθεί με τον Κιμ Γιονγκ Ουν μέσα στο 2026 thetoc.gr
  30. كوريا الجنوبية تقر بأن ترامب فاجأها بخفض المناورات العسكرية المشتركة dostor.org
  31. Τραμπ : Η Βόρεια Κορέα διαθέτει 57 πυρηνικά όπλα - Θα συναντήσω τον Κιμ ... capital.gr
  32. Ο Τραμπ δηλώνει ότι θα συναντηθεί με τον Κιμ Γιονγκ Ουν εντός του έτους : « Η Βόρεια Κορέα έχει 57 πυρηνικά όπλα » inewsgr.com
  33. North Korea Shrugs off Trump Scaled - Back Drills With South Korea , Saying It Changes Nothing military.com
  34. Trump says North Korea has 57 'very powerful' nuclear weapons; plans meeting with Kim Jong Un indiatimes.com
  35. North Korea Kim Yo Jong denies Zelensky claim on additional troop deployment jpost.com
  36. North Korea dismisses Trump's bid to woo Kim Jong Un at the expense of longstanding US ally independent.co.uk
  37. Συνάντηση Τραμπ - Κιμ Γιονγκ Ουν εντός του έτους προανήγγειλε ο Αμερικανός πρόεδρος naftemporiki.gr
  38. North Korea's Kim Yo Jong denies Zelenskiy's claim on additional troops deployment internazionale.it
  39. 'Tit for tat': Why is Trump cozying up to North Korea's Kim Jong Un again? - Dominican Republic Post – Caribbean News, Business, Travel & Culture dominicanrepublicpost.com
  40. 'Tit for tat': Why is Trump cozying up to North Korea's Kim Jong Un again? - Grenada Chronicle – Daily Grenada And Caribbean News grenadachronicle.com

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Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Korean Peninsula receiving right now?
As of August 20, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.014% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 2 articles per day.
Is media coverage of Korean Peninsula increasing or decreasing?
Coverage is down 29.6% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).
What is the tone of news coverage about Korean Peninsula?
The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is +1.17, which reads as neutral-to-positive. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).
How are these numbers measured?
Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every two hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.

Methodology: coverage share and tone are computed from GDELT's 15-minute data files and aggregated to UTC days — see how every number is computed. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).