{
  "id": 14384904,
  "title": "Lawmaker sentenced to 2 1/2 yrs in prison over cash-for-nomination scandal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/lawmaker-sentenced-to-2-1-2-yrs-in-prison-over-cash-for-nomination",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T06:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261014/lawmaker-sentenced-to-2-12-yrs-in-prison-over-cash-for-nomination-scandal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Seoul Central District Court has sentenced former Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Kang Sun-woo to 2.5 years in prison for accepting 100 million won from former Seoul city councilor Kim Kyung in exchange for a DPK nomination ahead of the 2022 local elections. The court also ordered Kang to forfeit 100 million won and imposed a one-year prison sentence on Kim, along with an eight-month suspended sentence for Kang's former aide who arranged the meeting between the two. The court ruled that the defendants exchanged illegal political funds, undermining election fairness and severely damaging public trust in the electoral process.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lawmaker sentenced to 2 1/2 yrs in prison over cash-for-nomination scandal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/lawmaker-sentenced-to-2-1-2-yrs-in-prison-over-cash-for-nomination-14387871",
        "published": "2026-10-14T06:10:58.000Z"
      }
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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."
}