{
  "id": 10612389,
  "title": "College student jailed for attempting to join ISIS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/college-student-jailed-for-attempting-to-join-isis",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T05:12:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260929/college-student-jailed-for-attempting-to-join-isis"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 18-year-old college student in Cheongju was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of one to 1 1/2 years on Tuesday for pledging allegiance to ISIS while in high school. The student was found guilty of violating the anti-terrorism law after watching extremist propaganda materials on an encrypted online platform operated by an ISIS-affiliated group, and swearing allegiance to ISIS. Additionally, the student is suspected of obtaining bomb-making instructions from an ISIS contact, formulating a bomb attack scheme against Mozambique government forces, and requesting an ISIS evaluation for his attack plan.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "College student jailed for attempting to join ISIS",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/college-student-jailed-for-attempting-to-join-isis-10612468",
        "published": "2026-09-29T04:47:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "College student jailed for attempting to join ISIS",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/college-student-jailed-for-attempting-to-join-isis-10615790",
        "published": "2026-09-29T05:32:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}