Naver News Scraper

Scrape Naver News (네이버 뉴스) — South Korea's largest news aggregator with 40M+ daily users. Extract articles by keyword search, section browsing, popularity ranking, or direct article URLs.

Why Naver News?

Naver News aggregates content from 200+ Korean media outlets and is the primary source for Korean news consumption. It's essential for:

• 📊 Business Intelligence — Monitor Korean market, tech, and corporate news
• 🔍 Brand Monitoring — Track mentions of companies, products, or people
• 📰 Media Analysis — Analyze press coverage across outlets
• 🌏 Korea Research — Access Korean politics, economy, and culture news
• 📈 Trend Detection — Discover trending topics and popular stories

Features

4 Scraping Modes

Mode	Description	Speed
Search	Find articles by keyword with filters (sort, time period, date range)	⚡ Fast
Section	Browse articles by section: Politics, Economy, Society, Culture, World, Science/IT	⚡ Fast
Ranking	Get popular/trending articles across 80+ press outlets	⚡ Fast
Article	Fetch full article details from specific URLs	⚡ Fast

Data Extracted

Basic (Search/Section/Ranking):

• Title, description, press/outlet name
• Published time, article URL, thumbnail image
• Comment count, related news count (section mode)
• Rank, press logo (ranking mode)

Full Details (Article mode or fetchDetails: true):

• Full article body text
• Author/journalist name
• Publish & modify timestamps (ISO format)
• Category/section classification
• All article images with captions
• Original press article URL
• Reader reactions (좋아요, 흥미진진, etc.)

No Browser Required

Pure HTTP + HTML parsing — no Playwright, no Puppeteer. This means:

• ✅ Lower compute costs
• ✅ Faster execution
• ✅ No browser crashes

Usage Examples

Search for news about Samsung

{
    "mode": "search",
    "keyword": "삼성전자",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "sort": "newest",
    "period": "1w"
}

Browse Economy section

{
    "mode": "section",
    "section": "economy",
    "maxResults": 30
}

Get today's trending news

{
    "mode": "ranking",
    "maxResults": 50
}

Get full article details

{
    "mode": "article",
    "articleUrls": [
        "https://n.news.naver.com/article/015/0005256324",
        "https://n.news.naver.com/article/001/0015929216"
    ]
}

Search with full article enrichment

{
    "mode": "search",
    "keyword": "AI 반도체",
    "maxResults": 10,
    "fetchDetails": true
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	"search"	Scraping mode: search, section, ranking, or article
keyword	string		Search keyword (required for search mode)
sort	string	"relevance"	Sort: relevance, newest, oldest
period	string	"all"	Time filter: all, 1h, 1d, 1w, 1m, 3m, 6m, 1y
dateFrom	string		Custom date range start (YYYY-MM-DD)
dateTo	string		Custom date range end (YYYY-MM-DD)
section	string	"politics"	News section for section mode
articleUrls	array		Article URLs for article mode
fetchDetails	boolean	false	Fetch full article details (slower but richer data)
maxResults	integer	20	Max articles to return (1–500)

Available Sections

Section	Korean	Code
politics	정치	100
economy	경제	101
society	사회	102
culture	생활/문화	103
world	세계	104
science	IT/과학	105

Output Example

Search/Section result

{
    "pressId": "015",
    "articleId": "0005256324",
    "title": "삼성전자, 미국 텍사스주 데이터 수집 소송 '합의'…법적 리스크 해소",
    "description": "미국 텍사스주 법무장관이 삼성전자 미국법인과...",
    "press": "한국경제",
    "publishedAt": "2일 전",
    "url": "https://n.news.naver.com/article/015/0005256324",
    "imageUrl": "https://imgnews.pstatic.net/...",
    "mode": "search",
    "searchKeyword": "삼성전자",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-01T01:00:00+09:00"
}

Full article detail

{
    "pressId": "015",
    "articleId": "0005256324",
    "title": "삼성전자, 미국 텍사스주 데이터 수집 소송 '합의'…법적 리스크 해소",
    "description": "미국 텍사스주 법무장관이 삼성전자 미국법인과...",
    "press": "한국경제",
    "author": "박수빈 기자",
    "publishedAt": "2026-02-27 14:59:13",
    "modifiedAt": "",
    "category": "경제",
    "url": "https://n.news.naver.com/article/015/0005256324",
    "originalUrl": "https://www.hankyung.com/article/...",
    "imageUrl": "https://imgnews.pstatic.net/...",
    "body": "켄 팩스턴 법무장관 \"삼성의 선제적 조치 높이 평가\"...",
    "images": [
        {
            "url": "https://imgnews.pstatic.net/...",
            "caption": "서울 삼성전자 서초사옥의 모습"
        }
    ],
    "reactions": {
        "쏠쏠정보": 0,
        "흥미진진": 0,
        "공감백배": 0,
        "분석탁월": 0,
        "후속강추": 0
    },
    "mode": "article",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-01T01:00:00+09:00"
}

Tips

• Start with search/section mode for quick listings, then use fetchDetails: true or article mode for full content
• Ranking mode is great for discovering trending stories across all press outlets
• No proxy needed — Naver News works without proxies from most locations
• Korean keywords work best — Naver News is primarily Korean-language content
• Rate limits are generous — The actor includes built-in delays to be respectful

Cost

This actor uses Pay Per Event pricing:

• $0.50 per 1,000 articles scraped
• Free tier available for testing

Technical Details

• Language: Python 3.12
• Framework: Apify SDK + httpx + BeautifulSoup
• No browser: Pure HTTP requests (no Playwright/Puppeteer)
• Encoding: Handles UTF-8 and EUC-KR (ranking page)
• Pagination: Automatic for search and section modes