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  "id": 10901853,
  "title": "Seoul residents up in arms over school for North Korean defectors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/seoul-residents-up-in-arms-over-school-for-north-korean-defectors",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T08:35:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3369326/seoul-residents-arms-over-school-north-korean-defectors"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Residents of a district in the South Korean capital of Seoul are up in arms over plans to build a permanent school for North Korean defectors in their neighbourhood. The dispute escalated to the point where the school’s principal dropped to her knees to beg protesters to “embrace the children”, the Korea JoongAng Daily reported. Yeomyung School, which educates middle and high school students who…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Spy agency says Ukraine first requested confidentiality over transfer of N. Korean POWs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/spy-agency-says-ukraine-first-requested-confidentiality-over-transfer-10840726",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:34:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Spy agency says Ukraine first requested confidentiality over transfer of N. Korean POWs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/spy-agency-says-ukraine-first-requested-confidentiality-over-transfer",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:42:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Seoul suspects Zelenskyy revealed N.Korean POW transfer to win arms support",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/seoul-suspects-zelenskyy-revealed-n-korean-pow-transfer-to-win-arms",
        "published": "2026-09-30T03:24:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Seoul suspects Zelenskyy revealed North Korean POW transfer to win arms support",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/seoul-suspects-zelenskyy-revealed-north-korean-pow-transfer-to-win",
        "published": "2026-09-30T05:47:02.000Z"
      }
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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."
}