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  "id": 125046,
  "title": "South Korea: 16 dead amid record heat wave, President Lee urges action",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/south-korea-16-dead-amid-record-heat-wave-president-lee-urges-action-125046",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-04T08:28:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-16-dead-amid-record-heat-wave-president-lee-urges-action/a-78225858?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung called on officials to take prompt action as extreme weather conditions became \"normal.\" Authorities extended their first-ever heat wave warning for all of Seoul on Tuesday.",
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        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "South Korea: 16 dead amid record heatwave, President Lee urges action",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/south-korea-16-dead-amid-record-heatwave-president-lee-urges-action",
        "published": "2026-08-04T08:28:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "South Korea’s Lee calls heatwave national disaster, deaths rise to 19",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/south-koreas-lee-calls-heatwave-national-disaster-deaths-rise-to-19",
        "published": "2026-08-04T10:24:25.000Z"
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