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  "id": 14136761,
  "title": "Special counsel urges appeals court to uphold Yoon's election law conviction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/special-counsel-urges-appeals-court-to-uphold-yoons-election-law-14136761",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261013/special-counsel-urges-appeals-court-to-uphold-yoons-election-law-conviction"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that a special counsel has urged the Seoul High Court to uphold the conviction of former President Yoon Suk Yeol for violating election law. If this ruling is finalized, it would invalidate Yoon's 2022 presidential election and result in his former party, the People Power Party, paying nearly 40 billion won ($29.8 million). The special counsel's request was made during a hearing at the appeals court, where they urged the court to dismiss Yoon's appeal. Yoon was previously sentenced to a 1 1/2-year prison term, suspended for three years, in late July for making false statements during the 2022 election. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for October 27 at 2 p.m.",
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      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Special Counsel Asks Court to Uphold Yoon’s Conviction under Election Law",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/special-counsel-asks-court-to-uphold-yoons-conviction-under-election",
        "published": "2026-10-13T04:44:52.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Special counsel urges appeals court to uphold Yoon's election law conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/special-counsel-urges-appeals-court-to-uphold-yoons-election-law",
        "published": "2026-10-13T06:03:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Special counsel urges appeals court to uphold Yoon's election law conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/special-counsel-urges-appeals-court-to-uphold-yoons-election-law-14140285",
        "published": "2026-10-13T07:12:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}