{
  "id": 17758174,
  "title": "S. Korea officially recognizes 3 fishing crewmen abducted by N. Korea in 1973",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/s-korea-officially-recognizes-3-fishing-crewmen-abducted-by-n-korea-17758174",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T06:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20261102/s-korea-officially-recognizes-3-fishing-crewmen-abducted-by-n-korea-in-1973"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that South Korea has officially recognized three fishing crewmen abducted by North Korea in 1973, bringing the total number of government-recognized abductees since the end of the Korean War to 519. The three crewmen, Jo Gi-won, Kim Yang-hun, and Kim Dong-ho, were forcibly taken from their fishing boat, the Daeyeong, near the South Korean border island of Yeonpyeong. South Korea has decided to provide 81 million won ($60,290) in consolation money to Jo's family members, while it is seeking to find the family members of the other two abductees. The Daeyeong had not been counted among the boats whose sailors were abducted by the North until Kim Byeong-do, one of its crewmembers, returned to South Korea in 2003.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "3 Fishermen Abducted by N. Korea in 1973 Recognized after 53 Years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/3-fishermen-abducted-by-n-korea-in-1973-recognized-after-53-years",
        "published": "2026-11-02T05:15:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea officially recognizes 3 fishing crewmen abducted by N. Korea in 1973",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/s-korea-officially-recognizes-3-fishing-crewmen-abducted-by-n-korea",
        "published": "2026-11-02T06:02:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}