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  "id": 1245734,
  "title": "Ex-PM claims narrow victory in DPK primary across Seoul, Gyeonggi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ex-pm-claims-narrow-victory-in-dpk-primary-across-seoul-gyeonggi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T10:12:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20260816/ex-pm-claims-narrow-victory-in-dpk-primary-across-seoul-gyeonggi"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former Prime Minister Kim Min-seok claimed a narrow victory in the Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) primary across Seoul and Gyeonggi Province on Sunday, securing 46.61 percent of the vote with 148,245 votes. He narrowly edged out incumbent party leader Rep. Jung Chung-rae, who received 46.28 percent of the vote with 147,038 votes, and former party chief Rep. Song Young-gil, who garnered 7.05 percent of the vote with 22,410 votes. In total, Kim's vote share reached 49.91 percent, excluding regional weighting for South and North Gyeongsang Provinces and Daegu.",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Ex-PM claims narrow victory in DPK primary across Seoul, Gyeonggi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ex-pm-claims-narrow-victory-in-dpk-primary-across-seoul-gyeonggi-1250970",
        "published": "2026-08-16T10:52:03.000Z"
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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."
}