{
  "id": 2974210,
  "title": "Court grants bail for power broker in 'free opinion poll' case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/court-grants-bail-for-power-broker-in-free-opinion-poll-case",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T08:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260824/court-grants-bail-for-power-broker-in-free-opinion-poll-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that an appellate court has granted bail to Myung Tae-kyun, a self-proclaimed power broker convicted of providing free opinion polls to former President Yoon Suk Yeol between 2021 and 2022. This decision came about a month after Myung was sentenced to an 18-month prison term by a lower court for violating the Political Funds Act. The lower court found Myung guilty of making illegal political contributions by offering the opinion polls for free to Yoon and his wife between June 2021 and March 2022. With the Seoul High Court's decision to grant bail, Myung will proceed to stand his trial at the appellate court without physical detention.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Court grants bail for power broker in 'free opinion poll' case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/court-grants-bail-for-power-broker-in-free-opinion-poll-case-2974669",
        "published": "2026-08-24T07:57:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Court grants bail for power broker in 'free opinion poll' case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/court-grants-bail-for-power-broker-in-free-opinion-poll-case-2979971",
        "published": "2026-08-24T08:52:02.000Z"
      }
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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."
}