{
  "id": 19588825,
  "title": "Beloved 1970s comic 'Chorus of Pigeons' named modern cultural treasure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/beloved-1970s-comic-chorus-of-pigeons-named-modern-cultural-treasure-19588825",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T02:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/koreanheritage/20261112/beloved-1970s-comic-chorus-of-pigeons-named-modern-cultural-treasure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Manhwa Contents Agency has designated the original manuscripts of the 1970s family comic \"Chorus of Pigeons\" as a preliminary cultural treasure. The designation includes 601 hand-drawn pages and scripts for a television adaptation, which are currently preserved at the agency. The comic, serialized in the children's magazine \"Sonyeon Joongang\" from April 1978 to June 1979, gained significant popularity for its portrayal of an ordinary family facing poverty and hardship. Despite being a lowbrow medium at the time, \"Chorus of Pigeons\" received notable recognition, winning an excellence award from a national ethics committee in 1980 and being recommended by the Ministry of Culture and Public Information the following year.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}