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  "id": 10897248,
  "title": "Special counsel seeks 20-year prison term for Daegu mayor over martial law involvement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/special-counsel-seeks-20-year-prison-term-for-daegu-mayor-over-10897248",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T08:37:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20260930/special-counsel-seeks-20-year-prison-term-for-daegu-mayor-over-martial-law-involvement"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that a special counsel team has requested a 20-year prison term for Daegu Mayor Choo Kyung-ho, who is accused of aiding former President Yoon Suk Yeol in maintaining martial law in 2024. Choo is alleged to have altered the venue of an emergency party meeting multiple times on December 3, 2024, in an effort to prevent lawmakers from participating in a parliamentary vote on ending the emergency decree. The special counsel team has indicted Choo on charges of playing a key role in an insurrection, arguing that he neglected his constitutional duty as a lawmaker to monitor and check martial law, and instead chose to actively join the insurrection.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Special counsel seeks 20-yr prison term for Daegu mayor over martial law involvement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/special-counsel-seeks-20-yr-prison-term-for-daegu-mayor-over-martial",
        "published": "2026-09-30T07:49:30.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Special counsel seeks 20-year prison term for Daegu mayor over martial law involvement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/special-counsel-seeks-20-year-prison-term-for-daegu-mayor-over",
        "published": "2026-09-30T08:17:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Special Counsel Seeks 20-Year Sentence for Choo Kyung-ho for Role in Martial Law Incident",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/special-counsel-seeks-20-year-sentence-for-choo-kyung-ho-for-role-in",
        "published": "2026-09-30T08:43:08.000Z"
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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."
}