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today.thekorean/news

By thekorean.today Verified namespace

Korean news (The Korean Today 코리안투데이): articles, 15 editions, AI summaries in 87 languages.

Website
Connect to today.thekorean/news
Checks passed
12 / 22

2 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
868 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
8

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
310
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 868 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name koreantoday-news.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 8 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 868 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 868 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Fail
    Parameters documented

    15 of 19 parameters have a description (79%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-11-03T10:55:28.598548Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using today.thekorean/news

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http today-thekorean-news https://www.thekorean.today/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 8

get_article

Full text and metadata of one article by id or URL. With lang, also returns the AI summary in that language and links to other language editions. Members-only articles return metadata only.

Discovered
holidays

National public holidays for 20 countries (KR US JP CN VN TH PH ID IN DE GB FR AU CA BR MX AE SG HK TW) and closures of 9 stock exchanges (XKRX XNYS XNAS XJPX XHKG XSHG XLON XTAI XSES), computed from official calendars with python-holidays. Default window: today to +7 days (KST). Max 60 days.

Discovered
krw_exchange_rates

Today's base rates in South Korean won (KRW per unit) for about 43 currencies, from public official sources only: Export-Import Bank of Korea and Bank of Korea (ECOS). Updated each Seoul business-day morning. Indicative, not for transactions. Each result includes the source page URL and an attribution line.

Discovered
latest_articles

Most recent articles, optionally by section and language.

Discovered
list_languages

Language editions with their own articles, and the 87 languages with AI summaries.

Discovered
list_sections

News sections with slugs and article counts.

Discovered
open_pharmacies

South Korean pharmacies registered as open on a given Sunday or Korean public holiday, by province and district, with self-reported opening hours, phone number, road address and a WIA Gil map link. Data: National Medical Center registry via data.go.kr, refreshed weekly. Lists only, with no information about medicines. Every response carries a notice that hours are self-reported and should be confirmed by phone before visiting. Without region: counts per province; with a province: counts per district; with province/district: the pharmacy list.

Discovered
search_articles

Full-text search of The Korean Today articles, newest first. Korean keywords work best for the Korean edition; use lang for another edition or to get translated summaries.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected868 ms8

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