{
  "id": 11124894,
  "title": "President to request confirmation hearing for embattled nominee for chief of investigation bureau",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/president-to-request-confirmation-hearing-for-embattled-nominee-for-11124894",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T06:32:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20261001/president-to-request-confirmation-hearing-for-embattled-nominee-for-chief-of-investigation-bureau"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung is set to request a confirmation hearing for Kim Ji-yong, his nominee for the inaugural chief of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency (SCIA), according to The Korea Times. The request will be submitted to the National Assembly, as announced by presidential secretary for public relations Seong Ghi-hong. This move comes as part of the Lee administration's prosecution reform, which aims to remove investigative rights from the prosecution and transfer them to the new SCIA, which will be launched alongside the Public Prosecution Service.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "President to request confirmation hearing for embattled nominee for chief of investigation bureau",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/president-to-request-confirmation-hearing-for-embattled-nominee-for",
        "published": "2026-10-01T06:12:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}