{
  "id": 11379951,
  "title": "Korean American singer wins appeal in 3rd lawsuit over visa denial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/korean-american-singer-wins-appeal-in-3rd-lawsuit-over-visa-denial-11379951",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T07:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261002/korean-american-singer-wins-appeal-in-3rd-lawsuit-over-visa-denial"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that an appeals court has upheld a lower court's decision in favor of Steve Yoo, a Korean American singer, in his third lawsuit against the Korean government. The Seoul High Court has ruled that the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles must revoke its decision to deny Yoo an entry visa after he renounced his Korean citizenship, allegedly to avoid mandatory military service. Yoo, 48, also known as Yoo Seung-jun, was barred from entering Korea when he became a U.S. citizen and renounced his Korean citizenship in 2002. This is the third lawsuit that Yoo has filed against the LA consulate general, following a 2015 case and a Supreme Court ruling in 2020 that found the visa refusal to be procedurally flawed.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Korean American singer wins appeal in 3rd lawsuit over visa denial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/korean-american-singer-wins-appeal-in-3rd-lawsuit-over-visa-denial",
        "published": "2026-10-02T06:16:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korean American singer wins appeal in 3rd lawsuit over visa denial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/korean-american-singer-wins-appeal-in-3rd-lawsuit-over-visa-denial-11376250",
        "published": "2026-10-02T06:42:04.000Z"
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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."
}