Korean News Hub
REMOTE · KOREAN-NEWS-MCP.ONRENDER.COM · SCANNED OCT 4
Korean news aggregator - Naver, Google News, Daum trends in real-time
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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 Security57
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 6 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Unverified
- 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 Usability73
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 364 tokens (~60/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage71
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 6 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
How do I install the Korean News Hub MCP server?
Korean News Hub is a hosted endpoint at https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.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 · korean-news-mcp.onrender.com
claude mcp add --transport http songt-50-korean-news-mcp 'https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"songt-50-korean-news-mcp": {
"url": "https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"songt-50-korean-news-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"
}
}
} [mcp_servers.songt-50-korean-news-mcp] url = "https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"songt-50-korean-news-mcp": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add songt-50-korean-news-mcp --url 'https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
songt-50-korean-news-mcp:
url: "https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp" {
"McpServers": {
"songt-50-korean-news-mcp": {
"Transport": "http",
"Url": "https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"
}
}
} assistant mcp add songt-50-korean-news-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"songt-50-korean-news-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"
}
}
} The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.
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.
- 1 Oct 26 +58
- HTTPS: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Injection markers: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Stability: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Transport: fail → pass ▲ security
- Authorization: Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 6 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe. security
- Endpoint reachability: not serving MCP → reachable ▲ functional
- Tool coverage: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
- MCP protocol: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- 28 Sept 26 −5
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 25 Sept 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 9 Sept 26 −42
- Endpoint reachability: reachable → not serving MCP ▼ security
- Stability: 0.23 → unverified ▼ security
- Tool safety: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Transport: pass → fail ▼ security
- Authorization: Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to connect, but we couldn't read the whole tool list to see what that exposes. security
- Capabilities: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- 8 Sept 26 −11
- Stability: pass → 0.23 functional
- 1 Sept 26 0
- Injection markers: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Stability: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Transport: fail → pass ▲ security
- First check of Judged manipulation: pass security
- Authorization: Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 6 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe. security
- Endpoint reachability: not serving MCP → reachable ▲ functional
- Tool coverage: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
- MCP protocol: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- First check of Destructive annotations: pass functional
- 26 Aug 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 11 Aug 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
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 8 Oct 2026 · Probed https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=onrender.com | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 21 Sept 2026 | 20 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | 6eb1e3fe7d0631ea1337bfa4a321c137 |
| SANs: onrender.com, *.onrender.com | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of korean-news-mcp.onrender.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| onrender.com. | absent | 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 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.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 →
daily_briefing ~35
Generate a comprehensive daily news briefing. Combines Korean headlines + AI/tech news + Claude/Anthropic news.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
korean_news ~73
Get Korean news by category. Args: category: News category. Options: 속보, 정치, 경제, 사회, IT, 세계, 연예, 스포츠 count: Number of articles (default 10, max 20)
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| category | string | – | – |
| count | integer | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
news_search ~92
Search news by keyword. Args: query: Search keyword (e.g. "Samsung AI", "Claude Code", "MCP server") language: "ko" (Korean) or "en" (English) count: Number of articles (default 10, max 20)
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | integer | – | – |
| language | string | – | – |
| query | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
read_article ~37
Read and extract article content from a URL. Args: url: The article URL to read
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
tech_news ~81
Get global AI/tech news by topic. Args: topic: Tech topic. Options: AI, Claude, OpenAI, MCP, OpenClaw, 스타트업, 개발, 클라우드 count: Number of articles (default 10, max 20)
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | integer | – | – |
| topic | string | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
trending ~46
Get current trending/headline news. Args: scope: "korea" (Korean headlines) or "tech" (global tech trends)
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| scope | string | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
What is the Korean News Hub MCP server?
Korean News Hub is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.SongT-50/korean-news-mcp. Korean news aggregator - Naver, Google News, Daum trends in real-time. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp).
Is the Korean News Hub MCP server safe to use?
Korean News Hub scores 76 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 Korean News Hub MCP server expose?
Korean News Hub exposes 6 tools: korean_news, tech_news, news_search, trending, read_article, daily_briefing. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 364 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Korean News Hub MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Korean News Hub without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Korean News Hub MCP server still maintained?
Korean News Hub is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.