{
  "id": 4747343,
  "title": "Kim Yong-beom, presidential chief of staff for policy, resigns: Cheong Wa Dae",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/kim-yong-beom-presidential-chief-of-staff-for-policy-resigns-cheong-4747343",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T00:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20260901/kim-yong-beom-presidential-chief-of-staff-for-policy-resigns-cheong-wa-dae"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Kim Yong-beom, chief of staff for policy, has resigned from his post. According to presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung, Kim tendered his resignation on Monday and President Lee Jae Myung accepted it on Tuesday.\n\nKim had been in the role for about 15 months, having been appointed as the first presidential policy chief of the Lee administration.\n\nHis resignation comes amid speculation that he is taking responsibility for mounting public criticism over financial market turmoil surrounding single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to The Korea Times.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(URGENT) Presidential chief of staff for policy Kim Yong-beom offers resignation, Lee accepts: spokesperson",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/urgent-presidential-chief-of-staff-for-policy-kim-yong-beom-offers",
        "published": "2026-08-31T23:51:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Kim Yong-beom, presidential chief of staff for policy, resigns: Cheong Wa Dae",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/kim-yong-beom-presidential-chief-of-staff-for-policy-resigns-cheong",
        "published": "2026-09-01T00:17:02.000Z"
      }
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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."
}