{
  "id": 1894708,
  "title": "New ruling party chief visits ex-President Moon, vows to heal internal wounds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/new-ruling-party-chief-visits-ex-president-moon-vows-to-heal-internal-1894708",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T08:37:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20260819/new-ruling-party-chief-visits-ex-president-moon-vows-to-heal-internal-wounds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Wednesday, Kim Min-seok, the newly elected leader of South Korea's Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), paid a visit to his predecessor, former President Moon Jae-in, at his residence in Yangsan. The primary objective of the meeting was to address the internal tensions that have plagued the party following a highly contentious leadership election.\n\nMoon expressed worry that the intense rivalry between rival factions within the party had left deep emotional scars among its members, according to a senior party spokesperson, Park Sung-joon. Kim Min-seok, who secured 54.08 percent of the votes in the election, defeating Jung Chung-rae with 45.92 percent, pledged his commitment to mending these wounds.\n\nFormer DPK leader Song Young-gil garnered the third-highest number of votes. Moon requested Kim to take special measures to foster unity and harmony within the party. In response, Kim Min-seok reaffirmed his dedication to the cause, vowing to combat the use of disparaging, hateful, and scornful language within the party through his leadership.",
  "summary": "New ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) leader Kim Min-seok visited former President Moon Jae-in at his home in the southeastern city of Yangsan on Wednesday, pledging to work toward healing within the party after a bitter election campaign. Kim, a former prime minister who was elected party leader Monday, made the remark after the former president expressed concern that members of rival…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "New ruling party chief visits ex-President Moon, vows to heal internal wounds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/new-ruling-party-chief-visits-ex-president-moon-vows-to-heal-internal",
        "published": "2026-08-19T07:01:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "New ruling party chief visits ex-President Moon, vows to heal internal wounds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/new-ruling-party-chief-visits-ex-president-moon-vows-to-heal-internal-1889262",
        "published": "2026-08-19T07:57:03.000Z"
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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."
}