About Easy Brief

Easy Brief is a news summary service that makes Korean news accessible to everyone around the world.

Want to know what's happening in Korea?
Easy Brief uses AI to summarize major Korean news into 3-line summaries, easy explanations, and glossary terms — all in English. Catch up on Korea in under a minute.

Our Mission

Keeping up with Korean news can be challenging — language barriers, information overload, and complex terminology make it hard to stay informed. Easy Brief was built to solve this.

Our core values:

Accessibility Anyone should be able to understand Korean news

Clarity Complex stories distilled to their essentials

Transparency AI usage and sources are always disclosed

Neutrality Fact-focused summaries without editorial bias

How It Works

Easy Brief's summaries are automatically generated each day through a 5-step process:

1 News Collection
Articles are gathered from public RSS feeds of major Korean and international outlets (Yonhap News, Chosun, JoongAng, Google News, and more).
2 3-Layer Deduplication
Duplicate articles are removed through URL matching, title similarity scoring, and database cross-verification — so you see each story only once.
3 Interest Scoring
AI scores each article's reader interest from 0 to 100, prioritizing stories that are most relevant and engaging to a broad audience.
4 AI Summarization
Selected articles are processed by Google Gemini AI to generate 3-line summaries, detailed easy explanations (Background, Key Points, Why It Matters, What's Next), and a glossary.
5 Review & Publish
Summaries are reviewed and published to the service. Content is updated several times a day, and past news is available in the archive.

AI Transparency

We believe in being open about how AI is used in our service:

AI Used: Google Gemini generates all summaries, explanations, and glossary entries.
AI's Role: AI is a tool for summarization. The factual basis of each article comes from the original journalist's reporting.
Source Links Always Provided: Every summary links to the original article so readers can verify and read the full story.
Acknowledging Limitations: AI-generated summaries may occasionally contain errors. For important matters, always check the original source.

Key Features

3-Line Summaries — Get the gist of each article in seconds
Easy Explanations — Understand the background and context
Glossary — Korean-specific terms explained simply
Interest Score — Most popular stories shown first
Domestic/Global Filter — Focus on the region you care about
Category Filter — Browse by topic (Economy, Politics, Tech, etc.)
Bookmarks — Save articles to read later
Dark Mode — Easy on the eyes
Adjustable Font Size — Read comfortably on any device
Push Notifications — Get alerts for major news

Who Is This For?

Expats and foreigners living in Korea
Anyone interested in Korean current affairs
Business professionals tracking the Korean market
Students studying Korea or the Korean language
Journalists and researchers following Korean news

Contact

For inquiries, feedback, or error reports, please visit our Contact page.