{
  "id": 18486763,
  "title": "National Assembly passes special counsel bill on alleged fabricated indictments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/national-assembly-passes-special-counsel-bill-on-alleged-fabricated-18486763",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T11:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20261106/national-assembly-passes-special-counsel-bill-on-alleged-fabricated-indictments"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Assembly, under the Democratic Party, approved a bill on Friday for a special counsel investigation into allegations of fabricated indictments against President Lee Jae Myung and others, following protests from the main opposition party. The measure passed with a 167-1 vote in a plenary session, after the opposition People Power Party boycotted the vote. The DP introduced the bill in April, arguing for an independent counsel to examine claims that the former president's administration fabricated evidence or coerced false testimonies to build cases against Lee and others. The PPP has vehemently opposed the bill, alleging it seeks to nullify all indictments against Lee. Protests against the bill took place outside the National Assembly before the vote, and the opposition plans to hold a demonstration in Seoul on Saturday.",
  "summary": "The National Assembly, led by the ruling Democratic Party (DP), passed a bill Friday calling for a special counsel probe into allegations of fabricated indictments targeting President Lee Jae Myung and others amid protests from the main opposition party. The special counsel bill passed a plenary session in a 167-1 vote, after a filibuster by the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) ended.…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Nat'l Assembly passes special counsel bill on alleged fabricated indictments",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/natl-assembly-passes-special-counsel-bill-on-alleged-fabricated",
        "published": "2026-11-06T08:55:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Nat’l Assembly Passes Special Counsel Bill to Examine Malicious Prosecution Claims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/natl-assembly-passes-special-counsel-bill-to-examine-malicious",
        "published": "2026-11-06T09:17:22.000Z"
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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."
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