{
  "id": 14881721,
  "title": "Lee calls for constitutional revision to reflect spirit of democratization",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/lee-calls-for-constitutional-revision-to-reflect-spirit-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T05:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20261016/lee-calls-for-constitutional-revision-to-reflect-spirit-of-democratization"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Lee Jae Myung, speaking during a ceremony commemorating the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Busan-Masan pro-democracy protests, urged the National Assembly to advocate for a constitutional revision. He emphasized that the spirit of Korea's democratization movements should be reflected in the Constitution. The president made this call in a speech at the ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of the Busan-Masan protests, also known as the Buma uprising. He stated that incorporating the Buma democratization uprising and the Gwangju democratization movement into the preamble of the Constitution would be a crucial measure to prevent forgetting the blood-stained history of defending Korea's democracy and people's sovereignty. The president reiterated his request that the National Assembly initiate public opinion gathering and reasonable discussions on constitutional reform.",
  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung on Friday called on the National Assembly to push for a constitutional revision, saying the spirit of the country's democratization movements should be reflected in the Constitution. Lee made the call in a speech at a ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Busan-Masan pro-democracy protests against then President Park Chung-hee's dictatorship, also known as the…",
  "key_points": [
    "President Lee Jae Myung calls for constitutional revision.",
    "Urges National Assembly to reflect democratization spirit.",
    "Proposes including Buma and Gwangju movements in preamble."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Formalizing the legacy of democratic uprisings within the nation's founding document seeks to institutionalize the historical struggle for sovereignty and prevent future erosion of the country's democratic values.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(URGENT) Lee calls for constitutional revision to reflect spirit of democratization",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/urgent-lee-calls-for-constitutional-revision-to-reflect-spirit-of",
        "published": "2026-10-16T05:33:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lee calls for constitutional revision to reflect spirit of democratization",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/lee-calls-for-constitutional-revision-to-reflect-spirit-of-14885099",
        "published": "2026-10-16T06:22:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}