{
  "id": 19071417,
  "title": "PPP leaders gather outside Cheong Wa Dae to protest special counsel bill",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/ppp-leaders-gather-outside-cheong-wa-dae-to-protest-special-counsel-19071417",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T02:47:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20261109/ppp-leaders-gather-outside-cheong-wa-dae-to-protest-special-counsel-bill"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Opposition leaders of the People Power Party (PPP) convened outside South Korea's presidential office on Monday to voice opposition to a bill authorizing a special counsel investigation into accusations of fabricated indictments against former President Lee Jae Myung and others. Following the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's swift passage of the legislation through a plenary session of the National Assembly on Friday, the PPP leadership convened a Supreme Council meeting in front of Cheong Wa Dae.\n\nThe proposed legislation seeks to appoint an impartial prosecutor to examine claims that prosecutors under the previous administration of President Yoon Suk Yeol fabricated evidence or coerced false testimonies to build cases against then-opposition leader Lee and others. The PPP vehemently rejects this effort as a ruse to annul all indictments against Lee, as his trials have been temporarily suspended under an article of the Constitution that shields a sitting president from criminal prosecution, except in cases of insurrection or treason.\n\nLee currently faces charges related to involvement in corrupt development schemes, illegal transfers of funds to North Korea, and misuse of government resources.",
  "summary": "Leaders of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) gathered outside Cheong Wa Dae on Monday to protest the recent passage of a bill calling for a special counsel investigation into alleged fabricated indictments targeting President Lee Jae Myung and others. The PPP leadership held a Supreme Council meeting outside the presidential office, after the ruling Democratic Party of Korea railroaded…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "PPP leaders gather outside Cheong Wa Dae to protest special counsel bill",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/ppp-leaders-gather-outside-cheong-wa-dae-to-protest-special-counsel",
        "published": "2026-11-09T02:08:06.000Z"
      }
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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."
}