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  "id": 12979016,
  "title": "Kudo-kai yakuza handed prison term in South Korea over record marijuana smuggling plot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/kudo-kai-yakuza-handed-prison-term-in-south-korea-over-record",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T23:22:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tokyo Reporter",
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    "url": "https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/kudo-kai-yakuza-handed-prison-term-in-south-korea-over-record-marijuana-smuggling-plot/"
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  "summary": "Plot was thwarted when South Korean authorities intercepted the shipment The post Kudo-kai yakuza handed prison term in South Korea over record marijuana smuggling plot appeared first on TokyoReporter .",
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