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  "id": 15817342,
  "title": "S. Korea's UN envoy named co-chair of global AI governance dialogue",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/s-koreas-un-envoy-named-co-chair-of-global-ai-governance-dialogue",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-20T23:27:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/others/20261021/s-koreas-un-envoy-named-co-chair-of-global-ai-governance-dialogue"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "South Korea's ambassador to the United Nations, Cha Ji-hoon, has been appointed as co-chair of the 2027 Global Dialogue on AI Governance, a U.N. initiative aimed at promoting international cooperation on artificial intelligence. The dialogue, scheduled for May 3-4, 2027, will bring together governments, the private sector, civil society, and researchers to discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with the rapidly developing technology. Cha was appointed alongside Mutryce Agatha Williams, the permanent representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis, by the president of the U.N. General Assembly. South Korea is expected to play a coordinating role in the preparations for the upcoming international discussions on AI governance.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea's U.N. envoy named co-chair of global AI governance dialogue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/s-koreas-u-n-envoy-named-co-chair-of-global-ai-governance-dialogue",
        "published": "2026-10-20T21:16:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korea's UN envoy named co-chair of global AI governance dialogue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/s-koreas-un-envoy-named-co-chair-of-global-ai-governance-dialogue-15820942",
        "published": "2026-10-20T23:57:03.000Z"
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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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