{
  "id": 3451697,
  "title": "7 Transport Ministry Officials Referred to Prosecutors over Jeju Air Crash Aftermath",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/7-transport-ministry-officials-referred-to-prosecutors-over-jeju-air",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T06:43:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
    "slug": "kbs-world-radio",
    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=203835"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Domestic] : Seven officials from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport have been referred to prosecutors over allegations that they prepared and distributed false press materials shortly after the deadly 2024 Jeju Air crash. A police special investigation team looking into the crash said Wednesday that it ... [more...]",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "7 gov't officials referred to prosecution for alleged cover-up linked to 2024 Jeju Air crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/7-govt-officials-referred-to-prosecution-for-alleged-cover-up-linked",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "7 gov't officials referred to prosecution for alleged cover-up linked to 2024 Jeju Air crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/7-govt-officials-referred-to-prosecution-for-alleged-cover-up-linked-3438125",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:57:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}