{
  "id": 18454221,
  "title": "Ex-ADB official Um Woo-chong named World Bank Group vice president",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/ex-adb-official-um-woo-chong-named-world-bank-group-vice-president",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T06:37:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/20261106/ex-adb-official-um-woo-chong-named-world-bank-group-vice-president"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Um Woo-chong, a veteran international administrator and former senior official at the Asian Development Bank, has been appointed the inaugural head of the World Bank Group's new accountability mechanism, making him only the second Korean to reach the vice-president level at the global institution, the Ministry of Finance and Economy said Friday. The World Bank Group’s boards of directors named Um…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BusinessKorea",
        "title": "Eom Woo-jong Named World Bank Vice President",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/eom-woo-jong-named-world-bank-vice-president",
        "published": "2026-11-06T05:46:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}