{
  "id": 20147037,
  "title": "Presidential office weighs life without parole as part of public safety push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/presidential-office-weighs-life-without-parole-as-part-of-public-20147037",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T09:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20261115/presidential-office-weighs-life-without-parole-as-part-of-public-safety-push"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The South Korean presidential office is considering implementing life imprisonment without parole as part of a push to enhance public safety and combat crimes against vulnerable individuals. This initiative will target crimes that exploit socially vulnerable people, such as those arising from relationships or with seemingly random motives. Recent high-profile cases of relationship-based violence have brought this issue to the forefront, including the murder of a woman on Jeju Island, who had been under police protection after reporting stalking and dating violence by a man claiming to be her former lover.\n\nIn addition to focusing on relationship-based crimes, the government will also intensify efforts to eradicate other types of offenses that impact daily life and public order. These include scams, illegal drug trafficking, private lending schemes, digital sex crimes, and the spread of false or fabricated information. President Lee Jae Myung issued directives for this initiative.",
  "summary": "South Korea's presidential office said Sunday it is considering life imprisonment without parole as part of an initiative aimed at strengthening public safety and cracking down on crimes targeting vulnerable people. The initiative will focus on crimes targeting socially vulnerable people, including relationship-based crimes and crimes with apparently random motives. The issue has drawn renewed…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Presidential office weighs life without parole as part of public safety push",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/presidential-office-weighs-life-without-parole-as-part-of-public",
        "published": "2026-11-15T08:20:21.000Z"
      }
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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."
}