South Korea: the most watched news

The news videos watched most since yesterday on the leading news channels of South Korea.

Early snow catches northern Japan off guard

Unexpected heavy snow in northern Japan drew South Korea’s biggest news-video audience since yesterday. A tanker’s narrow escape at a Polish railway crossing also attracted attention, alongside phone defects and the prosecution’s renewed death-penalty request for former President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Snow and a narrow escape

Foldable phone faults

South Korea’s public broadcaster KBS News reported cracked screens on Apple’s new iPhone Duo shortly after launch. It said Apple acknowledged the defect and promised free replacements, but shortages were leaving customers waiting.

Yoon trial and border tensions

Chip ambitions

KBS reported delays to Vietnam’s first integrated chip fabrication plant, citing financing, equipment and experience shortages.

The most watched videos

KBS News 792K views since yesterday

Hinge failure suspected as iPhone Duo screen complaints mount

A South Korean report examines why free replacements may not resolve buyers' immediate problems, with the cause and scale of the defect still unclear.

MBCNEWS 733K views since yesterday

Special prosecutors seek death penalty for Yoon on appeal

The appeal challenges a life sentence, with prosecutors arguing that the former South Korean president's martial law declaration warrants the maximum punishment.

MBCNEWS 301K views since yesterday

Flávio Bolsonaro's US departure recalls his father's post-election exit

A Korean news compilation connects the senator's Miami arrival with Brazil's election result, a debate gesture and archival coverage of the 2023 riots.

KBS News 290K views since yesterday

Chey presses for faster chip construction as infrastructure needs loom

A Korean news compilation pairs SK's expansion ambitions with Vietnam's factory delays and government-backed memory investment in Japan.

KBS News 244K views since yesterday

Seoul weighs possible US-talks signal amid North Korean missile launches

An intelligence assessment of Kim Jong Un's China visit shares the broadcast with reports of a missile barrage and artillery moved toward the border.

KBS News 230K views since yesterday

China's AI doubts reach from chip pricing to robot cafés

A South Korean report connects falling technology shares with domestic chip demand, American restrictions and the challenge of turning robotics into a business.

KBS News 199K views since yesterday

iPhone Duo complaints become a leadership test for John Ternus

A South Korean report connects durability failures and awkward software to the hardware background of Apple's new chief executive.

MBCNEWS 174K views since yesterday

Spain train service reportedly restarted before communications system recovered

MBC's crash bulletin links the rear-end collision to a mistaken restart decision and reports at least 68 deaths.

Shorts

YTN 1.4M views since yesterday
Snow blankets autumn leaves at Biei as northern Japan turns wintry
Mountain roads in Aomori stall under snow, while Hokkaido's Blue Pond offers a quieter view of the seasonal change.
MBCNEWS 1.3M views since yesterday
Driver frees stranded tanker seconds before train crosses its path
CCTV from Poland shows another truck driver lifting a lowered barrier so the tanker can clear the railway tracks.
KBS News 327K views since yesterday
China's memory push poses a longer-term risk for South Korean chipmakers
A reported pricing impasse between Apple and CXMT could offer temporary relief to Samsung and SK Hynix, but expanding Chinese production presents a different challenge.

Stories about their videos

World news 840K views since yesterday
Six South Korean passengers injured in Spain train collision, ministry says
The early Korean report adds a consular update to footage of wrecked carriages and stranded travelers; later coverage puts the death toll a…

Channel: MBCNEWS · South Korea · Story of October 29, 2026
World news 543K views since yesterday
Netanyahu's election uncertainty meets earlier pledges to keep fighting
A South Korean news compilation pairs a narrow opposition advantage in exit polling with earlier reports on Trump's support and Netanyahu's…

Channel: MBCNEWS · South Korea · Story of October 29, 2026
World news 405K views since yesterday
AI fakes add another layer to Israel's contested election campaign
A South Korean news compilation connects misleading campaign imagery with exit-poll uncertainty, Trump's backing and disputes over continue…

Channel: MBCNEWS · South Korea · Story of October 29, 2026
World news 311K views since yesterday
Debt relief leaves South Korea's older borrowers facing an income gap
A series of reports follows seniors from borrowed-money business ventures to bankruptcy, finding that debt forgiveness alone cannot replace…

Channel: KBS News · South Korea · Story of October 29, 2026
World news 1.5M views since yesterday
Heavy smoke prompts evacuation alerts during Seoul's Guryong village fire
The initial bulletin describes an escalating emergency response; a follow-up reports that the fire displaced 127 residents before being ext…

Channel: MBCNEWS · South Korea · Story of October 28, 2026
World news 1.4M views since yesterday
Serbia's leaderless Student List turns protest into a parliamentary majority
A South Korean report highlights the coalition's selection of experts as candidates and asks whether its success could influence European s…

Channel: YTN · South Korea · Story of October 28, 2026
World news 339K views since yesterday
Jeju ferry cancellations underline risks from unusually late typhoons
South Korean weather bulletins report lingering strong winds after Champi, while watching In-fa for a possible November influence.

Channel: KBS News · South Korea · Story of October 28, 2026
World news 246K views since yesterday
South Korea's chief justice inquiry plan draws constitutional objection
The Democratic Party is targeting November for parliamentary scrutiny of Cho Hee-dae, while the People Power Party calls the move retaliati…

Channel: MBCNEWS · South Korea · Story of October 28, 2026
World news 230K views since yesterday
Guryong fire extinguished after overnight battle hampered by wind
The morning bulletin reports residents moving into shelters as Seoul faces its coldest weather of the fall.

Channel: MBCNEWS · South Korea · Story of October 28, 2026
World news 136K views since yesterday
Trump's backing and Iran warnings shape Netanyahu's closing pitch
A South Korean election report examines the prime minister's security message against war fatigue, then turns to the coalition arithmetic t…

Channel: KBS News · South Korea · Story of October 28, 2026
World news 21K views since yesterday
South Korea's top court upholds commander's sentence over Marine's death
Lim Seong-geun's three-year prison term is final, but the bereaved family says the punishment falls short of the defendants' responsibility.

Channel: MBCNEWS · South Korea · Story of October 27, 2026
World news 15K views since yesterday
Kim Keon Hee faces detention hearing as release deadline nears
South Korea's Supreme Court is considering whether to keep the former first lady in custody while her appeal remains unresolved.

Channel: MBCNEWS · South Korea · Story of October 27, 2026

News channels

MBCNEWS
The news division of MBC, a publicly owned South Korean broadcaster. 6.2M subscribers and 31B views.
YTN
South Korea's first 24-hour news channel, on air since 1995. 5.4M subscribers and 23B views.
KBS News
The news division of KBS, South Korea's public broadcaster. 3.7M subscribers and 12B views.