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  "id": 10696483,
  "title": "[ASIAN GAMES] S. Korea loses to Japan in men's handball bronze medal game",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/asian-games-s-korea-loses-to-japan-in-mens-handball-bronze-medal-game-10696483",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T13:27:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260929/asian-games-s-korea-loses-to-japan-in-mens-handball-bronze-medal-game"
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  "summary": "South Korea suffered a narrow defeat to Japan in the men's handball bronze medal game at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan, losing 37-32 in Nagoya on Tuesday. The loss marked South Korea's first time missing the podium in men's handball in back-to-back Asian Games since the event was introduced in 1982. The team failed to overcome a first-half deficit, falling behind 8-2 in the opening 10 minutes and never getting closer than three goals for the remainder of the game.",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(Asiad) S. Korea loses to Japan in men's handball bronze medal game",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/asiad-s-korea-loses-to-japan-in-mens-handball-bronze-medal-game",
        "published": "2026-09-29T10:37:07.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "[ASIAN GAMES] S. Korea loses to Japan in men's handball bronze medal game",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/asian-games-s-korea-loses-to-japan-in-mens-handball-bronze-medal-game",
        "published": "2026-09-29T13:07:03.000Z"
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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."
}