# Korean News Hub (remote · korean-news-mcp.onrender.com)

Korean news aggregator - Naver, Google News, Daum trends in real-time

- Trust score: 59/100 (low)
- Change this week: +45
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `korean-news-mcp.onrender.com`: 59/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/songt-50-korean-news-mcp/korean-news-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/songt-50-korean-news-mcp/korean-news-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - 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.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 364 tokens (~60/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http songt-50-korean-news-mcp https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.songt-50-korean-news-mcp]
url = "https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$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

```bash
openclaw mcp add songt-50-korean-news-mcp --url https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  songt-50-korean-news-mcp:
    url: "https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "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.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-03 (score 59, 0)

- [security regression] HSTS header: unverified → fail
- [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.

### 2026-08-02 (score 59, +8)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good

### 2026-08-01 (score 51, +28)

- [security regression] HSTS header: fail → unverified
- [security improvement] Transport: fail → pass
- [security] Authorization: Authorisation not yet verified: we couldn't confirm whether this endpoint requires it.
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 0
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: pass
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 100
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail

### 2026-07-31 (score 23, +9)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-27 (score 14, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-26 (score 14)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `korean_news` (~73 tokens)

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)

Input parameters:

- `category` (string)
- `count` (integer)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `tech_news` (~81 tokens)

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)

Input parameters:

- `count` (integer)
- `topic` (string)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `news_search` (~92 tokens)

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)

Input parameters:

- `count` (integer)
- `language` (string)
- `query` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `trending` (~46 tokens)

Get current trending/headline news.

    Args:
        scope: "korea" (Korean headlines) or "tech" (global tech trends)

Input parameters:

- `scope` (string)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `read_article` (~37 tokens)

Read and extract article content from a URL.

    Args:
        url: The article URL to read

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `daily_briefing` (~35 tokens)

Generate a comprehensive daily news briefing.
    Combines Korean headlines + AI/tech news + Claude/Anthropic news.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/songt-50-korean-news-mcp/korean-news-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 59
- 2026-08-02: 59
- 2026-08-01: 51
- 2026-07-31: 23
- 2026-07-30: 14
- 2026-07-29: 14
- 2026-07-28: 14
- 2026-07-27: 14
- 2026-07-26: 14

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://korean-news-mcp.onrender.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/SongT-50/korean-news-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/songt-50-korean-news-mcp/korean-news-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/songt-50-korean-news-mcp/korean-news-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/songt-50-korean-news-mcp/korean-news-mcp