Wikipedia:WikiProject Korea/Reliable sources

The list below provides the names of Korean sites that can and cannot be used as a source. If you want to request a source as reliable, submit your question for consensus. The same method if you want to question the reliability of a source.

Search engine

 * Reliable Korean Sources Search Engine – a Google Programmable Search Engine that helps limit search results to those published by well-established reliable sources from Korea and about Korea.

Considered reliable

 * Asia Today Korea – Reports entertainment news.
 * Billboard – Music charts and news
 * Billboard charts – Official music charting
 * Biz Tribune – Covering a variety of topics from politics to entertainment.
 * BNT News – An internet newspaper that specializes in fashion, beauty, entertainment and the Korean Wave.
 * Busan Ilbo – Local newspaper for Busan. Covers both national and local topics.
 * The Chosun Ilbo – South Korean newspaper of record. Broad coverage.
 * Cine21 – A film magazine published by The Hankyoreh.
 * Circle Chart – Official music charting compiled by Korea Music Content Association
 * Cultural Heritage Administration – South Korean government agency's website. Catalogues of places or objects of significant historical or cultural value. Available in both English and Korean, with roughly equal completeness in both.
 * Daum Encyclopedia – Sourced by Britannica Korea (However, also see WP:BRITANNICA)
 * The Dong-A Ilbo – South Korean newspaper of record. Broad coverage.
 * Doosan Encyclopedia – An online encyclopedia
 * E News 24 – Entertainment news website.
 * Encyclopedia of Korean Culture – One of the most popular encyclopedias for Korea-related topics
 * Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture – A government-supported encyclopedia for Korea-related topics
 * Encyclopedia of Korean Local Culture – The Academy of Korean Studies maintains over 100 subbranches of this digital encyclopedia under the "grandculture.net" domain. For example, here's one for Busan and one for Gwangju.
 * Encyclopedia of Overseas Korean Culture – Focuses on the Korean diaspora
 * HanCinema – Korean movie and drama database.
 * Hankook Ilbo and  – A part of the same newspaper group, The Korea Times.
 * The Hankyoreh –  An independent newspaper established in 1988 by journalists. Reporting on topics like National, North Korea, International, Economy-Business, Culture and editorial-opinions.
 * Historynet – Various articles, documents, photos, digitized books, and videos related to Korean history. Run by the South Korean government. Available mostly in Korean, but also in English.
 * HuffPost Korea – The South Korean branch of HuffPost.
 * Ilgan Sports – A daily sports and entertainments newspaper owned by JoongAng Ilbo through JTBC Plus.
 * IZM – Korean music web magazine.
 * Jeju Ilbo – Newspaper from Jeju. One of the oldest still-active newspapers in South Korea. Covers general topics
 * KoBiz – – Korean Film Biz Zone
 * Koreana – A quarterly journal in 9 languages (English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, German, French, Russian, Arabic and Indonesian) offering information on culture, arts, people, literature and nature.
 * KBS World Radio – Reporting politics, international, science, economy, domestic, sports, inter-Korea and culture news.
 * The Korea Herald – A daily English-language newspaper founded in 1953 and published in Seoul, South Korea. The editorial staff is composed of Korean and international writers and editors, with additional news coverage drawn from international news agencies such as the Associated Press.
 * Korea JoongAng Daily – Runs mainly news and feature stories by staff reporters, and some stories translated from the Korean language newspaper.
 * Kookje Shinmoon (International Newspaper) – Korean newspaper covering a variety of topics from politics to entertainment.
 * The Korea Times – The oldest of three English-language newspapers published daily in South Korea, along with The Korea Herald and Korea JoongAng Daily. Its coverage includes politics, society, business, finance, culture and sports.
 * Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) – Covers economic issues.
 * Korea Gallup – Provides marketing research, social research and omnibus survey.
 * Kpop Herald – Entertainment site of The Korea Herald.
 * Kuki News – Entertainment news
 * Kukmin Ilbo
 * Kyunghyang Shinmun – Reporting news on politic, national, North Korean, Korean Wave, editorial and opinions.
 * Maxim Korea –  Is the South Korea edition of the international men's magazine, Maxim (magazine). Provides entertainment, sports, technology, automotive, fashion and lifestyle coverage.
 * Metro Seoul – Reports on economy, global, life, opinion, sport and entertainment.
 * Monthly Chosun – News and history. Owned by the same parent company as The Chosun Ilbo, but they are operated separately.
 * My Daily – Sports and entertainment news.
 * Nate – Korean web portal.
 * Naver – Korean web portal created by Naver Corporation. The Blog and Cafe area are not reliable sources.
 * Naver News – Korean news site that covers topics including entertainment, sports, technology, and business.
 * Naver People Search – Official artist, actor and entertainer profiles. Currently, the site was removed.
 * News1 – Korean news site that covers topics including entertainment, sports, technology, and business.
 * Newsen – Korean news site that covers topics including entertainment, sports, technology, and business.
 * Newspim – Korean news site that covers topics including entertainment, sports, technology, and business.
 * Newsis – Korean news site that covers topics including entertainment, sports, technology, and business.
 * No Cut News – Korean news site that covers topics including entertainment, sports, technology, and business.
 * Osen – Reports on Korean entertainment and sports.
 * Seoul Economy – Korean news site that covers topics including entertainment, sports, technology, and business.
 * Seoul Shinmun – Reporting on politics, economy, society, international, sports, culture, entertainment and opinions.
 * Sinhan Minbo – Founded in 1909 and mainly covered weekly news on Korean liberation, but also included social and political issues of Koreans living abroad.
 * Sports Today – Korean news site reports on sports, entertainment, and economy.
 * Star N – official English-language portal of a Korean entertainment news website.
 * Star News – English-language site for Korean entertainment news.
 * Star Today – Entertainment news.
 * Ten Asia – Reports Korean entertainment news; associated with Korea Economic Daily.
 * TV Daily – Reports Korean entertainment news.
 * Travel Bike News – Reporting on politics, economy, society, international, sports, culture, entertainment and opinions.
 * Visit Seoul – Seoul Metropolitan Government's official tourism website, provides essential travel information and services.
 * Visit Korea – Korea Tourism Organization's official tourism website of Korea (affiliated with the Ministry of Culture)
 * Wilson Center Digital Archive – Offered by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, contains a notable number of articles and primary source documents about 1940s and 1950s Korea.
 * Yonhap – Is South Korea’s largest news agency. Providing news articles, pictures and other information to newspapers, TV networks and other media in South Korea.
 * Xports News – Reports on Korean entertainment and sports.

Defunct

 * Britannica Korea (DEAD, as of May 18, 2024) – The Korean edition of the Britannica encyclopedia (However, also see WP:BRITANNICA). URLs no longer resolve to previous content. Archival bot(s) have been requested to update existing refs.

Considered unreliable
This list does not encompass all unreliable sites. All personal and fan blogs are unreliable unless specifically stated otherwise.
 * Allkpop – A celebrity gossip-based site which publishes rumors and conjecture in addition to accurately reported facts.
 * Asian Junkie – A website focused on Asian entertainment gossip.
 * AsianWiki – An English-language TV series and film database.
 * Blogspot – A blog-hosting site; includes all the blogs it hosts.
 * Channel Korea – An English-language K-pop website.
 * Daily KPOP News – A third-party news site that reports relevant K-pop news in English, mostly from other News Sources.
 * Hallyure – A English-language self-published K-pop website.
 * Hello K-pop – An English-language K-pop website.
 * Hwaiting.jp – A Japanese-language K-pop fanblog.
 * Inki News – Korean TV ratings translated to English.
 * Japako Music –  An English-language K-pop website.
 * J-pop Asia – A J-pop fanblog.
 * Kbizoom – An English-language K-pop website.
 * Korea.com – Delivers news and opinions on the entertainment, technology, health, and beauty sectors.
 * Koreaboo –  A website focused on reporting the latest gossip and news related to K-Pop
 * Korea Portal – (ENG, KOR) A K-pop news and gossip site.
 * Korea Star Daily – A Chinese-language K-pop site.
 * Knowledge Search – An information-sharing tool first launched in 2002 for Naver users.
 * Kpop Hit – An English-language K-pop website run by Facebook fan page.
 * K-pop Fans – An English-language K-pop website.
 * K-pop Map – An English-language K-pop & K-drama website.
 * K-popping – An English-language K-pop website. The database section is a fan run wiki open for anyone to edit.
 *  – An English-language K-pop profiles database.
 * K-pop Source – A K-pop discussion forum.
 * K-pop Starz – Reports K-pop news in English.
 * K-Profiles – An English-language K-pop website.
 * K-Drama Stars – Reports K-drama news in English.
 * The Kraze – An English-language K-pop fanblog and review site.
 * K-Star Live – An English-language K-pop website.
 * Meaww – An English-language entertainment website.
 * MyDramaList – An English-language TV series and film database.
 * Naver Blog – A blog-hosting site.
 * Naver Cafe – A community forum site.
 * Ningen – A J-pop fanblog. Possibly defunct.
 * Officially K-Music – A third-party news site that reports relevant K-pop news in English, mostly from other News Sources.
 * OhmyNews – A citizen-journalism website. While it has an editorial staff, regular articles have had issues with fact verification.
 * One Hallyu – A fan-edited forum.
 *  – A English-language entertainment website.
 * Rigveda Wiki  – A Korean wiki (a self-published source) allowing individual opinions and rumors without any reliable sources.
 * Namu Wiki – fork of above wiki site.
 * Seoul Beats – A K-pop and K-drama fanblog and review site.
 * Soompi – An English-language K-pop site.
 * The Standom – An English-language K-pop site.
 * Tistory – A blog-hosting site; includes all of the blogs it hosts.
 * Tokyo Hive – Allkpop's J-pop counterpart.
 *  – An English-language website for concerts/tours stats.
 * United K-pop – A K-pop fanblog.
 * Wordpress – A blog hosting site; includes all of the blogs it hosts (namely KpopInfo114 and K Profiles).
 * Zapzee – An English-language K-pop site.