{
  "id": 3664075,
  "title": "Jeju death raises troubling questions about police",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/jeju-death-raises-troubling-questions-about-police-3664075",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T04:27:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260827/ed-jeju-death-raises-troubling-questions-about-police"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Jeju Island, the death of a 37-year-old woman named Jang Mi-ran has sparked troubling questions about the police's credibility. The woman's body was discovered 104 days after she went missing from a remote palm tree farm near Hallim, a picturesque area on the island. Jang's boyfriend initially reported her missing on May 15, three days after she failed to return from a night out. He later received a phone call from a police officer identified only as Bu, who claimed to have found Jang but instructed him not to disclose her location. This information led Jang's boyfriend and family to contact the police again in July when they could not reach her. Following this, the police initiated a new investigation.",
  "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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    "outlets": 4,
    "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",
        "published": "2026-08-27T04:22:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}