{
  "id": 2979971,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T08:52:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260824/court-grants-bail-for-power-broker-in-free-opinion-poll-case"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that an appellate court has granted bail for self-proclaimed power broker Myung Tae-kyun, who was convicted of providing free opinion polls to former President Yoon Suk Yeol between 2021 and 2022. The Seoul High Court accepted Myung's request for bail, just about a month after a lower court sentenced him to an 18-month prison term on charges of 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 stand his trial at the appellate court without physical detention.",
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      {
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-24T08:07:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}