The Korean Today (코리안투데이)
REMOTE · SMILESTORY.THEKOREANTODAY.COM
Korean news: search, latest and full articles, 15 editions and AI summaries in 87 languages.
Available components
Last scanned (15 hours ago)
Scores higher than 69% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category News and Social
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security74
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability64
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 577 tokens (~115/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management63
- Stability observed for 19 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage87
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 60% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Checks we ran (13)
- TLS certificate
- Authorization
- HTTPS
- HSTS header
- DNSSEC
- Transport
- Schema quality
- Stability
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Destructive annotations
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
Does not apply to this hosted endpoint (2)
- Supply Chain SecurityScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
- Provenance & TransparencyScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
The score does not measure everything. What the score does not measure →
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 4 Nov 26 +53
- Authorization: unverified → partial ▲ security
- Injection markers: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Transport: fail → pass ▲ security
- Endpoint reachability: not serving MCP → reachable ▲ functional
- Tool coverage: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
- MCP protocol: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.60 ▲ functional
- 31 Oct 26 −51
- Endpoint reachability: reachable → not serving MCP ▼ security
- Stability: 0.43 → unverified ▼ security
- Authorization: partial → unverified ▼ security
- Tool safety: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Transport: pass → fail ▼ security
- Capabilities: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- First check of Schema quality: unverified functional
- 29 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 27 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 25 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 23 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 21 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://smilestory.thekoreantoday.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=thekoreantoday.com | CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 17 Oct 2026 | 15 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 6d8fea4582e6a32dda14005a64e01999d58 |
| SANs: awards.thekoreantoday.com, global.thekoreantoday.com, guardian.thekoreantoday.com, k-news.thekoreantoday.com, knews.thekoreantoday.com, portal.thekoreantoday.com, smilestory.thekoreantoday.com, thekoreantoday.com, wia.thekoreantoday.com, www.thekoreantoday.com | ||||||
| CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 4df3b15dd6c0784c507cd37b58e6f115 |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of smilestory.thekoreantoday.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Trust anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | DS published | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| thekoreantoday.com. | No DS | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| content-security-policy | upgrade-insecure-requests |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://smilestory.thekoreantoday.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://smilestory.thekoreantoday.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://smilestory.thekoreantoday.com/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
get_article Get article ~145
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.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | – | – |
| lang | string | – | Language code. Edition codes (own articles): ko, en, fr, zh, ja, vi, th, id, lo, es, pt, ar, de, mn, ru. Any of the 87 AI summary languages (e.g. vi, th, hi, sw, zh-CN, pt-BR) returns Korean articles… |
| url | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
latest_articles Latest articles ~136
Most recent articles, optionally by section and language.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| lang | string | – | Language code. Edition codes (own articles): ko, en, fr, zh, ja, vi, th, id, lo, es, pt, ar, de, mn, ru. Any of the 87 AI summary languages (e.g. vi, th, hi, sw, zh-CN, pt-BR) returns Korean articles… |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| section | string | – | Section slug from list_sections (e.g. society, economy, k-culture, technology). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_languages List languages ~24
Language editions with their own articles, and the 87 languages with AI summaries.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_sections List sections ~17
News sections with slugs and article counts.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_articles Search articles ~167
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.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| lang | string | – | Language code. Edition codes (own articles): ko, en, fr, zh, ja, vi, th, id, lo, es, pt, ar, de, mn, ru. Any of the 87 AI summary languages (e.g. vi, th, hi, sw, zh-CN, pt-BR) returns Korean articles… |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | yes | Search words |
| section | string | – | Section slug from list_sections (e.g. society, economy, k-culture, technology). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the The Korean Today (코리안투데이) MCP server?
The Korean Today (코리안투데이) is a hosted endpoint at https://smilestory.thekoreantoday.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · smilestory.thekoreantoday.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-thekoreantoday-news 'https://smilestory.thekoreantoday.com/mcp'
What is the The Korean Today (코리안투데이) MCP server?
The Korean Today (코리안투데이) is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.thekoreantoday/news. Korean news: search, latest and full articles, 15 editions and AI summaries in 87 languages. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://smilestory.thekoreantoday.com/mcp).
Is the The Korean Today (코리안투데이) MCP server safe to use?
The Korean Today (코리안투데이) scores 77 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the The Korean Today (코리안투데이) MCP server expose?
The Korean Today (코리안투데이) exposes 5 tools: search_articles, latest_articles, get_article, list_sections, list_languages. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 489 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the The Korean Today (코리안투데이) MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to The Korean Today (코리안투데이) without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the The Korean Today (코리안투데이) MCP server still maintained?
The Korean Today (코리안투데이) is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What did VerifyMCP test on the The Korean Today (코리안투데이) MCP server?
VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on The Korean Today (코리안투데이), covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.