{
  "id": 15586395,
  "title": "Lee confers appointment certificates on serious crime investigation chief, new ministers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/lee-confers-appointment-certificates-on-serious-crime-investigation-15586395",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T09:22:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20261019/lee-confers-appointment-certificates-on-serious-crime-investigation-chief-new-ministers"
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  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung on Monday conferred certificates of appointment on the chief of a new serious crime investigation body, the finance and defense ministers and others. Seven minister-level officials, including Kim Ji-yong, the inaugural chief of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency, received the documents in a ceremony at Cheong Wa Dae, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said. The…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lee confers appointment certificates on serious crime investigation chief, new ministers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/lee-confers-appointment-certificates-on-serious-crime-investigation",
        "published": "2026-10-19T08:19:48.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lee confers appointment certificates on serious crime investigation chief, new ministers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/lee-confers-appointment-certificates-on-serious-crime-investigation-15590200",
        "published": "2026-10-19T09:57:02.000Z"
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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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