{
  "id": 3446497,
  "title": "Seoul Botanic Park races to build living library of 8,000 plant species",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/seoul-botanic-park-races-to-build-living-library-of-8-000-plant-3446497",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-26T06:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/travel-food/20260826/seoul-botanic-park-races-to-build-living-library-of-8000-plant-species"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Seoul Botanic Park in the western side of the capital is building a living archive of the city’s plant diversity, aiming to expand its collection to 8,000 species by 2027. The park said Wednesday it now holds 6,558 plant species and 2.19 million individual plants, more than twice the number of species it had when it opened in 2019. The collection includes 2,133 woody plants and 4,425 ground-cover…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Seoul Botanic Park races to build living library of 8,000 plant species",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/seoul-botanic-park-races-to-build-living-library-of-8-000-plant",
        "published": "2026-08-26T06:37:02.000Z"
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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."
}