Korean Peninsula

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 0.6 anxiety · 22.1 anger · 10.4 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-10-04). Tone split: 94.7% of articles read distinctly negative, 5.3% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• North Korea (236)
• South Korea (146)
• United States (88)
• Russia (53)
• Japan (39)
• China (35)
• Ukraine (16)

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

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

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 +75.3%, reader interest -18.0% — supply and demand are diverging.

Top recent articles

1. North Korea says hypersonic missile flew 1,000km, exceeding Seoul, Tokyo reports — nknews.org
2. North Korea says it test-fired an intermediate-range missile as tensions grow over mine blasts — eldoradonews.com
3. North Korea says it conducted intermediate-range strategic missile drill — asiaone.com
4. North Korea conducts intermediate-range missile drill — standard.net.au
5. North Korea conducts intermediate-range missile drill — easternriverinachronicle.com.au
6. North Korea conducts intermediate-range missile drill — goulburnpost.com.au
7. North Korea conducts intermediate-range missile drill — illawarramercury.com.au
8. North Korea Says It Conducted Intermediate-Range Strategic Missile Drill — aawsat.com
9. North Korea says it conducted intermediate-range strategic missile drill — whbl.com
10. North Korea says it conducted intermediate-range strategic missile drill — thehindu.com
11. North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Toward Sea Amid Tensions With South Korea — moroccoworldnews.com
12. North Korea says it tested AI-Integrated medium-range missile — azernews.az
13. North Korea tests intermediate-range missile built to avade allied defences — dailypioneer.com
14. North Korea Says It Test-Fired an Intermediate-Range Missile as Tensions Grow Over Mine Blasts — military.com
15. North Korea says test of intermediate-range missile included use of AI — omanobserver.om
16. North Korea test-fires ballistic missile as tensions grow over border mine blasts – Brandon Sun — brandonsun.com
17. North Korea Tests AI-Enabled Ballistic Missile That Can 'Change Flight Orbit' — cinaradio.com
18. North Korea says test of intermediate-range strategic missile included use of AI — vanguardngr.com
19. North Korea says it test-fired an intermediate-range missile as tensions grow over mine blasts — thehindu.com
20. North Korea fires ballistic missile after Seoul's apology demand – The Frontier Post — thefrontierpost.com
21. North Korea tests AI-powered strategic missile as Seoul-Pyongyang DMZ tensions escalate — thenews.com.pk
22. North Korea fires ballistic missile towards East Sea — morungexpress.com
23. North Korea tests evasive missile as border mine tensions rise — wn.com
24. North Korea says it test-fired an intermediate-range missile as tensions grow over mine blasts — thegazette.com
25. North Korea test fires ballistic missile after Seoul demands apology for landmine blast — indiatimes.com
26. North Korea launches ballistic missile toward East Sea — azernews.az
27. North Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea, South Korea and Japan say — cyprus-mail.com
28. North Korea fires ballistic missile after Seoul's apology demand — vanguardngr.com
29. North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Toward East Sea Amid Rising Tensions — khaama.com
30. North Korea fires ballistic missile after Seoul's apology demand — arynews.tv
31. North Korea fires ballistic missile towards East Sea — prokerala.com
32. North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile after Seoul's Apology Demand — aawsat.com
33. North Korea test-fires ballistic missile as tensions grow over border mine blasts — kdhnews.com
34. Arab News | North Korea fires ballistic missile after Seoul's apology demand — arabnews.com
35. CCP to Tokyo: Possessing nuclear weapons is not a matter for Japan 'to discuss as it wishes' – World Tribune: U.S. Politics and Culture, Geostrategy, China, North Korea, Corporate Watch, Media Watch — worldtribune.com
36. North Korea test-fires ballistic missile as tensions grow over border mine blasts — thegazette.com
37. North Korea Missile,उत्तर कोरिया ने दक्षिण कोरिया की ओर दागी बैलिस्टिक मिसाइल, सियोल से तनाव के बीच भड़काऊ कदम, जापान में भी इमरजेंसी अलर्ट - north korea fires ballistic missle towards south korea sea japan issues alert - Asian countries News — indiatimes.com
38. North Korea fires missile towards South Korea amid DMZ security tensions — indiatimes.com
39. North Korea test-fires missile as tensions grow over border mine blasts — panow.com
40. North Korea test-fires missile as tensions grow over border mine blasts — the-messenger.com

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Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Korean Peninsula receiving right now?

As of October 4, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.067% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 19 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Korean Peninsula increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is up 75.3% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before). The topic is currently surging by Geotone's z-score measure.

What is the tone of news coverage about Korean Peninsula?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -2.83, which reads as negative. 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 three 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.