korean-news-mcp

MCP server for collecting Korean news and trending topics. Designed for global users who need real-time Korean market intelligence via Claude.

Features

• search_korean_news — Search Korean news by keyword or browse latest headlines
• get_trending_topics — Get currently trending topics in Korea
• get_news_by_category — Filter news by category (politics, economy, tech, society, culture, sports, world)

Data Sources

Installation

Using uvx (recommended)

uvx korean-news-mcp

Using pip

pip install korean-news-mcp

From source

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/korean-news-mcp.git
cd korean-news-mcp
pip install -e .

Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "korean-news": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["korean-news-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "NAVER_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id",
        "NAVER_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_client_secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

Naver API (optional but recommended)

1. Go to Naver Developers
2. Create a new application
3. Enable "Search" API
4. Copy your Client ID and Client Secret
5. Set them as environment variables or in the Claude Desktop config above

Without Naver API credentials, the server still works using RSS feeds only.

Usage Examples

Once connected to Claude, you can ask:

• "Search Korean news about Samsung"
• "What's trending in Korea right now?"
• "Show me the latest Korean tech news"
• "한국 경제 뉴스 보여줘"

Categories

Development

# Install dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Run server locally
python -m korean_news_mcp.server

License

MIT