{
  "id": 2080586,
  "title": "S. Korea’s Centenarian Population Surges 172% over Past Decade to 8,604",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/s-koreas-centenarian-population-surges-172-over-past-decade-to-8-604",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T05:42:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
    "slug": "kbs-world-radio",
    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=203698"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Domestic] : The centenarian population in South Korea has surged more than 172 percent over the past decade. Census data released by the Ministry of Data and Statistics on Thursday showed there were eight-thousand-604 people in the country aged 100 or older as of November 1, 2025. This cohort has increased by ... [more...]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}