{
  "id": 17897265,
  "title": "Lee, first lady to get new passports after personal data exposure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/lee-first-lady-to-get-new-passports-after-personal-data-exposure",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T02:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20261103/lee-first-lady-to-get-new-passports-after-personal-data-exposure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The South Korean foreign ministry announced on Tuesday that it is reissuing passports for all 168 individuals affected by an online leak of sensitive personal data. The data breach, which included the presidential couple, President Lee Jae Myung and First Lady Kim Hea Kyung, as well as cabinet members, senior officials, security personnel and journalists accompanying the presidential delegation, has prompted a police investigation. Ministry spokesperson Park Doo-soon stated that the foreign ministry is \"swiftly taking measures\" to ensure the smooth reissuance of passports for each affected individual. The National Police Agency initiated the preliminary investigation following the discovery of passenger information and sensitive data related to the presidential plane on the internet.",
  "summary": "The foreign ministry said Tuesday it is taking steps to reissue passports for all 168 people affected by an online leak of sensitive personal information, including President Lee Jae Myung and first lady Kim Hea Kyung, as police investigate how the data was exposed. “The foreign ministry is swiftly taking measures to ensure the smooth reissuance of passports for all affected individuals,…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Police launch investigation into leak of presidential plane passenger information",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/police-launch-investigation-into-leak-of-presidential-plane-passenger",
        "published": "2026-11-03T01:15:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "South Korea rushes to reissue passports to President Lee, wife after data leak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/south-korea-rushes-to-reissue-passports-to-president-lee-wife-after",
        "published": "2026-11-03T03:00:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "South Korea investigates leak of President Lee’s passport details",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/south-korea-investigates-leak-of-president-lees-passport-details",
        "published": "2026-11-03T03:43:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}