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  "id": 15846792,
  "title": "Appeals court reduces ex-special counsel's sentence to 6 years in bribery case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/appeals-court-reduces-ex-special-counsels-sentence-to-6-years-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T05:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261021/appeals-court-reduces-ex-special-counsels-sentence-to-6-years-in-bribery-case"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Seoul High Court has reduced former special counsel Park Young-soo's sentence from seven to six years in prison for bribery-related charges. The court also fined Park 200 million won and ordered him to forfeit an additional 200 million won. The decision was based on inconsistencies in the developer's testimony regarding the amount of money Park accepted for campaign funds in his bid for the head of the Korean Bar Association. The court acknowledged the transactional nature of the exchange, noting that the developer had requested the bank to join talks on a consortium for a property project in Seongnam. Other charges against Park, including allegations of belonging to the 5 billion-won club, were dismissed.",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Appeals court reduces ex-special counsel's sentence to 6 years in bribery case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/appeals-court-reduces-ex-special-counsels-sentence-to-6-years-in-15850196",
        "published": "2026-10-21T05:42:04.000Z"
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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."
}