{
  "id": 3662673,
  "title": "Jeju death raises troubling questions about police",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/jeju-death-raises-troubling-questions-about-police",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T04:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260827/ed-jeju-death-raises-troubling-questions-about-police"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 37-year-old woman named Jang Mi-ran died on Jeju Island after being missing for 104 days. Her body was discovered near a lodge where she had stayed with her boyfriend. Jang went missing on May 12 and her boyfriend reported her missing three days later when she failed to return. Initially, the police told him she had been found and asked him not to disclose her location. However, after multiple attempts to reach her, Jang's boyfriend and family contacted the police again in July, leading to a new investigation. This tragic incident has raised serious concerns about the credibility and reliability of the police, with public distrust at an all-time high following a series of cases that have cast doubt on the police's ability and willingness to properly investigate crimes.",
  "summary": "The death of a 37-year-old woman on Jeju Island has raised a disturbing question: Can we trust the police? The police are facing a crisis of credibility. Public distrust of uniformed officers has reached a new high as a series of cases have cast doubt on the police’s ability — and, at times, willingness — to investigate crimes properly. A woman named Jang Mi-ran was found dead Monday at a remote…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "South Korean police seek indictments of 7 transport ministry officials over Jeju Air crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/south-korean-police-seek-indictments-of-7-transport-ministry",
        "published": "2026-08-27T03:53:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "South Korean police look to charge 7 for lying about concrete structure in Jeju Air crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/south-korean-police-look-to-charge-7-for-lying-about-concrete",
        "published": "2026-08-27T04:06:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Jeju death raises troubling questions about police",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/jeju-death-raises-troubling-questions-about-police-3664075",
        "published": "2026-08-27T04:27:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}