South Korea isDeeply Fucked.

The crisis overlap is no longer subtle, while the remaining quiet zones are not quiet enough to calm the composite.

0.0

Deeply Fucked

South Korea severity index

41% confidence

Drivers

What moved South Korea

macroeconomic

+8.3

South Korea inflation tops 3% on Middle East oil shock

upi.com reported a recent macroeconomic signal connected to South Korea.

2 days ago

current_news

macroeconomic

+7.4

South Korea jet fuel exports rebound in May to pre-war levels, sources say

marketscreener.com reported a recent macroeconomic signal connected to South Korea.

about 10 hours ago

current_news

conflict security

+7.4

South Korea’s 500,000 Drone Warriors Will Be a Hollow Force

War on the Rocks reported a recent conflict security signal connected to South Korea.

20 days ago

current_news

Key headlines

Evidence shaping the score

current_news2 days agomacroeconomicKR

South Korea inflation tops 3% on Middle East oil shock

upi.com reported a recent macroeconomic signal connected to South Korea.

82.9

Open source
current_newsabout 10 hours agomacroeconomicKR

South Korea jet fuel exports rebound in May to pre-war levels, sources say

marketscreener.com reported a recent macroeconomic signal connected to South Korea.

74.3

Open source
current_news20 days agoconflict securityKR

South Korea’s 500,000 Drone Warriors Will Be a Hollow Force

War on the Rocks reported a recent conflict security signal connected to South Korea.

74.0

Open source
current_news3 days agomacroeconomicKR

South Korea Inflation Accelerated to 26-Month High in May

WSJ reported a recent macroeconomic signal connected to South Korea.

59.0

Open source

Drivers

Domain breakdown

Conflict & security

Share of overall score 22%

63.4

Heavy pressure

Solid confidence

Confidence 58%

Civil unrest

Share of overall score 14%

40.4

Elevated

Limited confidence

Confidence 34%

Macroeconomic stress

Share of overall score 14%

83.1

Critical pressure

High confidence

Confidence 90%

Public health

Share of overall score 10%

0.0

Quiet

Solid confidence

Confidence 56%

Natural disasters

Share of overall score 13%

12.2

Low

Thin confidence

Confidence 29%

Climate & environment

Share of overall score 10%

14.0

Low

Solid confidence

Confidence 63%

Cyber & infrastructure

Share of overall score 9%

0.0

Quiet

Thin confidence

Confidence 24%

Governance

Share of overall score 8%

24.7

Active

Thin confidence

Confidence 29%

Sparse data

Country coverage is thinner than the global read because some lanes still rely on proxy matching or focal-city sampling instead of fully local structured feeds.

Context

What is shaping South Korea

  • Macroeconomic stress is currently the hottest live lane.
  • 11 live evidence items are shaping this reading across 8 covered domains.
  • Direct active-war reporting is materially lifting the country score even though the live proxy count is still thin.

Comparison

South Korea versus the global baseline

South Korea

60.7

Deeply Fucked

Global baseline

71.2

Crisis-Level Fucked

South Korea currently reads cooler than the global baseline by 10.5 points.

Trend

Score drift

24h

+2.7

up

Compared with stored snapshot from 2026-06-03 03:34 UTC.

7d

-9.3

down

Compared with stored snapshot from 2026-05-28 03:36 UTC.

30d

-2.0

down

Compared with stored snapshot from 2026-05-05 03:34 UTC.

Integrity

Source health and freshness

USGS Earthquake Catalog

Freshness: live-ish

operational

1 earthquakes returned in the current 7-day query window.

Last success: 6 minutes ago

Latency: 1779 ms

Open-Meteo Weather & Air Quality

Freshness: live-ish

operational

1 monitoring point sampled successfully.

Last success: 6 minutes ago

Latency: 2175 ms

GDELT Global Event Monitor

Freshness: stale

offline

Request timed out after 8000 ms

Last success: None yet

Latency: n/a

WHO Disease Outbreak News

Freshness: live-ish

operational

12 outbreak bulletins parsed from the current WHO feed.

Last success: 6 days ago

Latency: 8435 ms

World Bank macro indicators

Freshness: fresh

operational

1 country macro snapshot cleared the stress threshold.

Last success: about 2 months ago

Latency: 1993 ms

Current news signal

Freshness: live-ish

operational

8 classified headline signals captured across 1 successful country.

Last success: 6 minutes ago

Latency: 6643 ms