{
  "id": 16706386,
  "title": "FM Cho says to meet Rubio this week, raise visa issue involving DPK lawmaker",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/fm-cho-says-to-meet-rubio-this-week-raise-visa-issue-involving-dpk-16706386",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T04:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20261027/fm-cho-says-to-meet-rubio-this-week-raise-visa-issue-involving-dpk-lawmaker"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Foreign Minister Cho plans to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during his upcoming visit to the United States. The purpose of the meeting is to address a visa issue involving a lawmaker from the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), as well as other bilateral matters. This was announced during a parliamentary audit of the foreign and unification ministries, in response to a request by Rep. Hong Kee-won for the government to formally express its concerns over the U.S. visa issue involving DPK lawmaker Jung Chung-rae. Cho is scheduled to visit the U.S. the day after tomorrow for a G20 foreign ministers meeting and intends to raise the visa issue during his visit. The foreign ministry has also emphasized Cho's intention to establish bilateral meetings with counterparts from other major nations to discuss global and regional issues during the G20 gathering.",
  "summary": "Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Tuesday he plans to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during his visit to the United States this week, with the two sides expected to discuss a visa issue involving a ruling party lawmaker, as well as other bilateral matters. Cho made the remarks during a parliamentary audit of the foreign and unification ministries, responding to Rep. Hong Kee-won of…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "FM Cho says to meet Rubio this week, raise visa issue involving DP lawmaker",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/fm-cho-says-to-meet-rubio-this-week-raise-visa-issue-involving-dp",
        "published": "2026-10-27T03:48:43.000Z"
      }
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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."
}