When KCGI or Elliott files a 5%-rule disclosure on a Korean stock, your AI assistant sees it in English — tagged, not raw.

koreanpulse is an MCP server that tags Korean DART filings by known activist investors (KCGI, Align Partners, Elliott, ValueAct, Truston, Anda, Cha, VIP…) and global foreign holders (BlackRock, Vanguard, Norges Bank, GIC, Temasek…) — translated to English, callable from Claude Desktop or Cursor. The tagging runs on the hosted service, which is paused since 2026-09-21; a self-hosted install covers the 5 free tools.

DART publishes activist 5% disclosures in hours, but the raw feed is Korean text with no entity tagging. Identifying whether a filing is KCGI or a passive retail holder requires a maintained Korean-name allowlist and filer-of-record disambiguation that the raw API does not provide. That classification is what koreanpulse ships.

The same server also surfaces foreign 5%-rule entries whose filer matches a maintained list of sovereign wealth funds, global asset managers, and hedge funds. koreanpulse translates, tags, and filters the primary-source DART feed and links every item to the original filing — inside your AI workflow.

Hosted endpoint paused. The hosted MCP endpoint mcp.koreanpulse.dev/mcp has been paused since 2026-09-21. Use the self-hosted install: pip install koreanpulse with your own DART API key for the 5 free tools. The 2 license-gated tools run only on the hosted service and are unavailable while it is paused (see the self-hosting guide). The free daily snapshot at /today is unaffected.

Beta — DART queries (the 5 free tools) work now in a self-hosted install. Activist + foreign-holder tagging is paused with the hosted service. Watchlist polling and alert dispatch are planned and not yet available.

Why people are paying attention to KRX

• The activist signal is in the filing, but the entity is not. DART 5%-rule filings name the filer in Korean only. Whether “국내투자자” is KCGI building a position or a retail investor crossing a reporting threshold is not labelled anywhere in the raw feed. koreanpulse maintains the allowlist and disambiguates on every pull.
• English IR gap is structural. KRX itself, ASIFMA, Wellington, Aberdeen, Matthews Asia all on record: Korean disclosure flow into English is structurally inadequate. We are anchored on this gap.
• Real-time on-chain-style disclosures. DART publishes activist 5% filings, insider trades, and major decisions in hours. Closer to a blockchain explorer than to quarterly 10-Qs.
• MSCI Developed Market reclassification path. Korea has been under review for reclassification — one of the reasons global investors track Korean market-access changes.
• K-themes are global themes. HBM, EV batteries, K-defense, K-biotech, K-content, shipbuilding — same trades you already follow on US tape, with different microstructure and faster filings.
• Disclosure-driven market. Korean small/mid caps are heavily covered by retail flow that reacts to DART disclosures — reading the filing itself, fast, matters more here than in most markets.

How koreanpulse compares

There are a handful of Korean-data MCP servers in the wild. Pick the one that matches your job. We focus on English-first equity data with allowlist-based filer tagging (hosted service only, paused since 2026-09-21; a self-hosted install covers the 5 free tools). If you need raw KRX OHLCV or Korean-language financial statement tables, others do that better.

Comparison last verified 2026-07-19 — other projects may have shipped changes since. Other servers in the space: OldTemple91/korea-filings-api (English summaries, pay-per-call), SongT-50/korean-stock-mcp, koreal6803/finlab-ai (quant-focused), eddmpython/dartlab (Python lib). The MCP-server space for Korean equities is shaped by the underlying data scope, not by any one team — pick what fits your workflow.

Where official English disclosure ends. KRX's mandatory English-disclosure regime reaches only the largest listed issuers; most KOSDAQ and small/mid-cap filings have no official English version. koreanpulse translates the DART feed itself, so English coverage does not stop where the mandate does.

Pricing

Solo $29/mo is the plan for the two allowlist-tagging tools (activist + foreign-holder), which run only on the hosted service and are unavailable while it is paused since 2026-09-21. Checkout is closed while the hosted endpoint is paused; plan names and prices are kept below for when it resumes. Watchlist polling and alert dispatch are planned and not yet available — early subscribers keep their signup rate when those features land.

`monitor_activist_investors` requires a license key. Pass a
`license_key` argument when calling this tool. The activist /
foreign-holder allowlist tagging runs server-side on the hosted
koreanpulse service. OSS self-host (github.com/whdrnr2583-cmd/
koreanpulse + your own DART API key) is free but does NOT include
this allowlist tagging, so self-hosting will not unlock this tool.

Paid Cloud plans are paused while the hosted endpoint is paused (since 2026-09-21): a Cloud license cannot currently be used on the hosted endpoint, and the local stdio install does not include the two license-gated tools; hosted translation uses our OpenAI key and validates your license, so no OpenAI key is needed on your side. Enterprise / SLA: contact us.

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. koreanpulse provides disclosure data, translation, filtering, and tagging only — not investment advice. It does not execute trades or provide personalized buy/sell recommendations.

What runs under the hood

7 MCP tools split into 5 free (raw DART + RSS surface, no signup) and 2 license-gated — 5%-rule foreign-holder and Korean activist filer matching against a maintained allowlist; they run only on the hosted service, which is paused since 2026-09-21. Calling a gated tool without a license returns a clear license-required notice (shown above), never a silent failure.

Free (no signup)

Paid (Solo $29/mo or higher; hosted service only, paused)

Planned, not yet available: summarize_korean_earnings_call, get_ma_pipeline, track_government_policy, and webhook alert delivery (Discord / Telegram / Slack).