{
  "id": 2519968,
  "title": "Han Dong-hoon \"President Lee apologized to Roh Woong-rae, is in the middle of building up his case for prosecution dismissal\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/story-2519968",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T05:02:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hankyoreh",
    "slug": "hankyoreh",
    "url": "https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/schooling/1274136.html"
  },
  "original_language": "ko",
  "account": "Lun Dong-hyun, an independent lawmaker, criticized President Lee Jae-myung for \"obviously trying to justify his own case\" after being acquitted of illegal political funding allegations at a retrial. On the evening of the 21st, Lun Dong-hyun posted on Facebook, \"The president, who is backstabbing the people of Baek-hae-ryong, is now trying to use the 'Nongwan-rae' case as a political stunt.\" Earlier that day, the president mentioned on X (formerly Twitter) that the Democratic Party had excluded Nongwan-rae's name from the candidate list for the 2024 presidential election due to his inability to clear his name. The Democratic Party lawmakers also accused the prosecutor and the then-Justice Minister of being responsible for the prosecutor's manipulation and framing of Nongwan-rae. Kim Min-seok, the Democratic Party's chairman, called for the prosecutor to answer for his actions, and Song Young-gil, another Democratic Party lawmaker, vowed to hold the lawmakers accountable for their false statements. The third day, Lun Dong-hyun posted again on Facebook, accusing the current Democratic Party lawmakers of appearing \"boastful\" in their actions and suggesting that they listen to the audio recording of the conversation between the broker and Nongwan-rae, which reveals that \"money was received and then discussed.\" He also challenged the current president and Democratic Party politicians to let the public judge them based on the audio recording.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}