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  "id": 4604096,
  "title": "South Korea court sentences Unification Church leader to jail",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/south-korea-court-sentences-unification-church-leader-to-jail",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-31T08:17:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/asia-pacific/crime-legal/south-korea-unification-church-leader-jail/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Han Hak-ja was given a combined two years in prison over offenses linked to efforts to gain influence with former President Yoon Suk Yeol's administration.",
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        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "U.S., Japan, South Korea maritime drills are ‘threat’ to North Korea, Pyongyang says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/u-s-japan-south-korea-maritime-drills-are-threat-to-north-korea",
        "published": "2026-08-31T08:38:00.000Z"
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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."
}