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  "id": 15861018,
  "title": "Ex-Officials Get Suspended Terms over 2019 Repatriation of 2 N. Koreans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/ex-officials-get-suspended-terms-over-2019-repatriation-of-2-n-koreans",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T07:39:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
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    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=205024"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Domestic] : Former top officials from the Moon Jae-in administration received suspended prison terms Wednesday after an appeals court ruled on the 2019 repatriation of two North Koreans who’d intended to defect to South Korea. The Seoul High Court sentenced former national security adviser Chung Eui-yong and ... [more...]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Court sentences 3 ex-officials to suspended prison terms over 2019 deportation of N. Koreans",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/court-sentences-3-ex-officials-to-suspended-prison-terms-over-2019",
        "published": "2026-10-21T07:27:04.000Z"
      }
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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."
}