🇰🇷Worst News Apps in South Korea

The most complained-about news apps in South Korea on App Store and Google Play, ranked by total negative reviews (1-2 stars) from real users. Updated weekly.

#	App	Platform	Rating	Negative Reviews
1	CNN: Live & Breaking NewsCNN	Android	4.7	327
2	팟 캐스트 라디오 음악 - CastboxCastbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks	Android	4.8	267
3	다음 - DaumAXZ Corp.	iOS	2.7	259
4	XX Corp.	iOS	4.3	258
5	XX Corp.	Android	3.7	246
6	PressReaderPressReader Inc.	Android	4.6	237
7	블라인드 BlindTeamblind inc	iOS	4.4	236
8	Bloomberg: Finance Market NewsBloomberg LP CM	Android	4.6	211
9	한겨레한겨레신문	iOS	2.4	211
10	The Economist - News, PodcastsThe Economist Newspaper	Android	4.9	205
11	Google 뉴스 – 일일 헤드라인Google LLC	Android	3.9	193
12	모바일한경The Korea Economic Daily	iOS	2.6	184
13	매일경제매일경제신문	iOS	3.5	171
14	스마트 지역뉴스EASE Group	Android	4.1	152
15	경향신문 - The Kyunghyang ShinmunThe Kyunghyang Daily News	iOS	3.3	138
16	지역 날씨 뉴스 - 레이더EASE Group	Android	4.3	120
17	JTBC 뉴스JTBC	iOS	3.1	109
18	한국경제 - 한경 프리미엄9The Korea Economic Daily	iOS	3.7	98
19	팟빵(주)팟빵	iOS	3.8	90
20	Zip뉴스: 속보 & 최신 정보EASE Group	Android	4.1	89
21	뉴닉 - 가장 쉬운 뉴스 브리핑뉴닉	iOS	4.1	84
22	중앙일보Joongang Ilbo	iOS	4.6	83
23	연합뉴스연합뉴스	iOS	3.4	82
24	더불어민주당더불어민주당	iOS	3.3	70
25	코인니스 - 빠르고 정확한 코인 투자 뉴스, 커뮤니티Pointex LLC	iOS	3.3	64
26	현대카드 DIVEHyundaiCard Co., Ltd.	iOS	4.2	60
27	SubstackSubstack Inc.	Android	4.8	59
28	금일 뉴스Apps Skyline	Android	4.5	54
29	RedditREDDIT, INC.	iOS	4.8	54
30	The White HouseExecutive Office of the President	Android	5.0	47
31	Bhakundo - Football and moreSoft Crunch	Android	5.0	46
32	YTN(주)YTN	Android	3.8	39
33	JTBC 뉴스(주)JTBC	Android	4.2	38
34	롱블랙 LongBlacktimenco	iOS	3.9	37
35	매경e신문매일경제신문	iOS	4.7	35
36	조선일보Chosunilbo	Android	4.2	34
37	Google 뉴스Google	iOS	4.4	29
38	Bloomberg: Business News DailyBloomberg Finance LP	iOS	4.7	26
39	tbnKorea Road Traffic Authority	iOS	2.9	24
40	연합뉴스연합뉴스	Android	4.4	20
41	中国领事Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China	iOS	2.7	19
42	MBC 뉴스MBC (문화방송)	Android	4.3	19
43	KBS 뉴스KBS NEWS	Android	4.2	17
44	중앙일보중앙일보(주)	Android	4.1	12
45	요약 뉴스: 소셜 & 날씨Build4world	Android	4.2	12
46	한국경제 - 한경 프리미엄9한국경제신문사	Android	4.5	12
47	NHK WORLD-JAPANNHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)	iOS	3.3	9
48	MBN 매일방송매일경제신문	Android	4.5	9
49	매일경제 Mobile매일경제신문	Android	3.5	7
50	모바일한경한국경제신문사	Android	3.1	4

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Why News Apps Fail in South Korea

News apps that earn the most complaints in South Korea usually share the same failure patterns: missing local payment methods, broken integrations with country-specific services, slow servers, missing language support, or feature parity gaps with the global version. Reviews concentrate around the moment a news feature works in the US or UK but breaks in South Korea.

This page ranks news apps in South Korea by total number of negative reviews (1-2 stars). Whether you are researching competitors before launching a news app in South Korea, benchmarking your own app against local pain points, or just curious which news apps users in South Korea complain about most: this data shows you what is actually happening on the ground, not what marketing pages claim.

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