{
  "id": 13900210,
  "title": "100-year-old Zelkova trees in front of Cheong Wa Dae have a chance of survival… “The key is for the district office to change its mind”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/100",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T05:32:06.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/environment/1281978.html"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hankyoreh",
        "title": "Dae-deok-gu Council unable to elect a chairman for over 100 days… eventually, the district mayor declares a ‘hunger strike’\n\nThe Dae-deok-gu Council has been unable to elect a chairman for over 100 days.\n\nOn the 6th, Dae-jeon Dae-deok-gu Mayor, Park Hee-seok, held a press conference in front of the council entrance and announced that he would begin a hunger strike starting from the 7th.\n\nMayor Park strongly criticized the council for its inactivity, saying, “It’s an unbelievable situation where the council has been unable to elect a chairman for over 100 days.”\n\nHe emphasized, “The council’s abdication of its responsibility to the people is an extreme dereliction of duty.”\n\nThe Dae-deok-gu Council has been in a state of disarray since the 8th of last month when the National Assembly member-elect, Lee Jung-wook, was arrested on suspicion of bribery.\n\nThe council’s Democratic Party of Korea members have been demanding that the Liberty Korea Party members, who are in the minority, should take the chairman position.\n\nHowever, the Liberty Korea Party has been insisting that it is unfair for them to take the position given that they are in the minority.\n\nAs a result, the council has been unable to reach an agreement on the chairman position.\n\nOn the 5th, the council’s 1st vice-chairman, Kim Min-woo, was elected as the acting chairman.\n\nHowever, with the council’s inactivity continuing, Mayor Park decided to go on a hunger strike.\n\nMayor Park said, “The people of Dae-deok-gu are extremely disappointed and concerned about the council’s situation.”\n\nHe added, “I will express my anger and resolve through this hunger strike.”\n\nThe mayor plans to continue his hunger strike until the council elects a chairman.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/100",
        "published": "2026-10-11T00:18:59.000Z"
      }
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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."
}