Koskamo

The Korean Today MCP

An official read-only MCP server for The Korean Today news outlet, providing tools to search articles, retrieve the latest news, fetch specific articles by ID, list news sections, and list available languages for AI summaries and editions.

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Endpoint and access

No sign-in to connect and list tools. Individual tools may still need a vendor account, credentials, or permissions; check the documented prerequisites.

The Korean Today MCP logo, by Smilestory Co., Ltd.Vendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-06Operated by Smilestory Co., Ltd.
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://www.thekorean.today/mcp
Vendor documentation

What its tools do

5 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.

Read-only (5)

5 of 5 have a description · 5 of 5 declare behavior hints · 0 of 3 with parameters document them all

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

  • Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
  • Passed Official MCP Registry namespace is tied to thekorean.today ·
  • Passed Endpoint is on the registry namespace domain ·
  • Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

  • Search for specific news articles
  • Retrieve the latest published articles
  • Fetch full content of a specific article
  • List available news sections and languages

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 1.0.1
mcp-registry: today.thekorean/news@1.0.1Project website

Protocol and capabilities

Server
koreantoday-news 1.0.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check
2025-11-25
Tools
5 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
Not advertised
Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

The Korean Today (코리안투데이) is a Korean news outlet (registered Seoul, 아02872, since 2013). Articles are written in Korean; 15 language editions publish their own articles, and 87 languages have AI summaries of Korean articles. Read-only. When you use an article, cite it with its title, date and URL (see cite_as). Members-only articles return metadata only.

Tools

5 advertised

search_articles — Search articles
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

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.

search_articles input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "lang": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "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 with a translated title and summary. Default ko."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search words"
    },
    "section": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Section slug from list_sections (e.g. society, economy, k-culture, technology)."
    }
  }
}
search_articles annotations
{
  "title": "Search articles",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
latest_articles — Latest articles
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Most recent articles, optionally by section and language.

latest_articles input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "lang": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "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 with a translated title and summary. Default ko."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "section": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Section slug from list_sections (e.g. society, economy, k-culture, technology)."
    }
  }
}
latest_articles annotations
{
  "title": "Latest articles",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_article — Get article
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

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.

get_article input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "lang": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "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 with a translated title and summary. Default ko."
    }
  }
}
get_article annotations
{
  "title": "Get article",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
list_sections — List sections
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

News sections with slugs and article counts.

list_sections input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}
list_sections annotations
{
  "title": "List sections",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
list_languages — List languages
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

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

list_languages input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}
list_languages annotations
{
  "title": "List languages",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

90-day uptime

A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.

Too few checks for a percentage yet (1 of 1 answered).

  1. 2026-11-07: 1 of 1 checks answered

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
656 ms
95th percentile latency
656 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 656 ms · metadata changed · 5 tool(s)

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

This server is operated by the named third party. Listing and endpoint checks are not an endorsement or a security audit. Review the operator's permissions, terms, and data handling before connecting. How listings are checked and corrected.

Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http the-korean-today-mcp https://www.thekorean.today/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add the-korean-today-mcp --url https://www.thekorean.today/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable the-korean-today-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-korean-today-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.thekorean.today/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-korean-today-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://www.thekorean.today/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start the-korean-today-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "the-korean-today-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.thekorean.today/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http the-korean-today-mcp https://www.thekorean.today/mcp

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector, enter this server URL and enable it for the conversation. This is a manual remote-connector handoff, not a desktop JSON configuration.
Claude Desktop configuration
https://www.thekorean.today/mcp

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-korean-today-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://www.thekorean.today/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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