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  "id": 14140285,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T07:12:03.000Z",
  "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 team has urged the Seoul High Court to uphold the lower court's conviction of former President Yoon Suk Yeol for violating election law. If upheld, this ruling would invalidate Yoon's 2022 presidential election and result in his former ruling party paying nearly 40 billion won in damages. The sentencing hearing is set for October 27 at 2 p.m. Yoon was convicted of making false statements during the 2022 election campaign, specifically for claiming he had never introduced a lawyer to a former tax official and for lying about meeting shaman Jeon Seong-bae.",
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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"
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      {
        "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-14136761",
        "published": "2026-10-13T06:42:03.000Z"
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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."
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