# K-pop News AI Summary (Korean Entertainment)

> K-pop News AI Summary (Korean Entertainment) is a paid API for AI agents from api.printmoneylab.com, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches AI-synthesized K-pop news: English-translated Korean headlines plus Claude Sonnet sentiment analysis, key themes, trending entities, and a paragraph summary.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.printmoneylab.com/api/v1/kr-news/kpop-summary
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-printmoneylab-com-3ea6832f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wommDXbqT6S-UonWPudD_

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-printmoneylab-com-3ea6832f
```

Example prompt: Give me a K-pop news summary right now — pull the top 5 latest headlines from Korean entertainment media, translated to English, with an AI sentiment analysis, key themes, and which artists or groups are trending.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an agent needs a quick, AI-interpreted pulse on the Korean entertainment and K-pop industry — especially when English-language translation of Korean media sources is required alongside sentiment and thematic analysis. Prefer over raw news endpoints when structured AI synthesis (sentiment, themes, entities) is needed rather than raw headlines alone. Best for monitoring K-pop trends, entertainment market signals, or building K-pop industry dashboards.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid limit parameter (outside 1-10 range) returns validation error
- Upstream Korean news source unavailable causes fetch failure
- AI analysis timeout if Claude synthesis takes too long
- Payment failure (x402) if insufficient USDC balance
- Cache miss on cold start may increase latency

## How this service works

Korean K-pop news with AI synthesis. Returns the headline list (English-translated) PLUS a Sonnet 4.6 analysis: overall_sentiment, key_themes, trending_entities, and a paragraph summary. For agents tracking Korean entertainment industry pulse. 5-min cache.

## Output

Returns a list of English-translated K-pop news headlines (up to 10) along with Claude Sonnet 4.6 AI analysis including: overall_sentiment (positive/negative/neutral), key_themes (array of topic strings), trending_entities (K-pop artists, groups, companies), and a paragraph synthesis summarizing the current state of the Korean entertainment industry. Results are cached for 5 minutes.

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
   "limit": 3
  }
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 10,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "Number of articles to analyze (default 5)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "count": 5,
  "results": [
   {
    "link": "https://hankyung.com/...",
    "title_en": "BTS launches first group activity after military discharge",
    "title_kr": "BTS, 군 전역 후 첫 단체 활동 시작",
    "source_en": "Korea Economic Daily",
    "source_kr": "한국경제",
    "summary_en": "All seven members reunite for an upcoming album release.",
    "published_at": "2026-05-11T10:00:00+09:00"
   }
  ],
  "category": "kpop",
  "timestamp": "2026-05-11T10:05:00Z",
  "ai_analysis": {
   "key_themes": [
    "BTS reunion",
    "4th-gen group expansion",
    "Japanese market activity"
   ],
   "summary_en": "Korean K-pop industry shows strong positive momentum centered on BTS' full-group return and rising 4th-generation acts.",
   "overall_sentiment": "positive",
   "trending_entities": [
    "BTS",
    "NewJeans",
    "TWS",
    "ILLIT"
   ]
  }
 }
}
```

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