{
  "id": 2117254,
  "title": "National Assembly Passes Amendment to Reduce ‘Fast-Track’ Review Period",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/national-assembly-passes-amendment-to-reduce-fast-track-review-period",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:16:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
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    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=203717"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Politics] : The ruling party-controlled National Assembly has approved an amendment to the National Assembly Act to shorten the review period for bills designated for expedited processing, known as the “fast-track” system. During a plenary session Thursday, the amendment passed 153 to 81, with support primarily ... [more...]",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Nat'l Assembly passes bill to speed up review of fast-track bills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/natl-assembly-passes-bill-to-speed-up-review-of-fast-track-bills-2097431",
        "published": "2026-08-20T07:47:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Nat'l Assembly passes bill to speed up review of fast-track bills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/natl-assembly-passes-bill-to-speed-up-review-of-fast-track-bills",
        "published": "2026-08-20T08:07:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Four higher education Bills passed in Andhra Assembly; land norm for private universities eased",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/four-higher-education-bills-passed-in-andhra-assembly-land-norm-for",
        "published": "2026-08-20T10:19:12.000Z"
      }
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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."
}