{
  "id": 3880611,
  "title": "South Korea to re-examine 310,000 missing person cases after fake record scandal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/south-korea-to-re-examine-310-000-missing-person-cases-after-fake",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T03:06:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/28/south-korea-missing-persons-police-scandal-bodies-jeju"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Renewed scrutiny comes after police officer accused of falsifying records in order to close the cases of people who were later found dead South Korean police will re-examine about 310,000 missing persons cases closed over the past three years, prompted by a scandal in which an officer was arrested on suspicion of falsifying records to close files on two people who were later found dead. The case…",
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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."
}