{
  "id": 3198533,
  "title": "Jeju Police Leadership Placed on Standby over Botched Missing Persons Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/jeju-police-leadership-placed-on-standby-over-botched-missing-persons",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T05:42:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
    "slug": "kbs-world-radio",
    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=203797"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Jeju Seobu Police Station leadership has been placed on standby pending an investigation. This follows the discovery of a body believed to be that of a 37-year-old woman, Jang Mi-ran, who had gone missing on Jeju Island.\n\nAccording to The Korea Times, four officers have been placed on administrative leave, including the head of the Jeju Seobu Police Station, its former chief, and two senior investigators. They are accused of mishandling the missing person's case, which was initially filed in May.\n\nThe case was prematurely closed by a police officer who falsely reported that he had come into contact with Jang, without confirming her safety. The National Police Agency will conduct an internal investigation into how the case was handled. Local police on the island have faced scrutiny after other missing persons' bodies were discovered during the search for Jang.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hankyoreh",
        "title": "Lee calls for police reform after body believed to be missing woman is found in Jeju",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/lee-calls-for-police-reform-after-body-believed-to-be-missing-woman-3200181",
        "published": "2026-08-25T03:58:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "4 Jeju police officers placed on administrative leave over premature closure of missing person case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/4-jeju-police-officers-placed-on-administrative-leave-over-premature-3193790",
        "published": "2026-08-25T04:48:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "4 Jeju police officers placed on administrative leave over premature closure of missing person case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/4-jeju-police-officers-placed-on-administrative-leave-over-premature",
        "published": "2026-08-25T05:22:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}