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  "id": 347881,
  "title": "The nation's second space center will be built on either Jeju Island or in South Jeolla Province and Gwangju City, as these two areas were the only ones to submit bids for the project.\n\nThe Ministry of Science and Technology said on September 12 that it had received bids from the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the South Jeolla Province and Gwangju Metropolitan City consortium.\n\nThe ministry will review the bids and make a final decision on the location by October.\n\nThe second space center is designed to serve as a backup to the existing Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, and to support the development of local space industries.\n\nThe government plans to invest 470 billion won (US$377 million) in the project by 2028.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/2-10",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T03:42:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hankyoreh",
    "slug": "hankyoreh",
    "url": "https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/science/science_general/1272041.html"
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  "original_language": "ko",
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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."
}