{
  "id": 4796617,
  "title": "Korea Times welcomes new cohort of Global Supporters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/korea-times-welcomes-new-cohort-of-global-supporters-4796617",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T05:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20260901/korea-times-welcomes-new-cohort-of-global-supporters"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Korea Times has officially launched its Global Supporters program, welcoming a new cohort of 50 students from 41 countries to serve as ambassadors for the English-language daily. The program, which aims to engage with prospective and existing readers, drew record interest with 281 applicants from 44 countries competing for the 50 available spots. The selected supporters, representing a diverse range of countries including France, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, China, India, the United States, Vietnam, and Russia, will participate in major events, promote the newspaper's content, and create digital material over the next six months. At the appointment ceremony held at the newspaper's headquarters in Seoul, Oh Young-jin, president and publisher of The Korea Times, welcomed the new members and emphasized the long-term engagement they will have with the publication.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "[PHOTO] Successful completion for Korea Times Global Supporters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/photo-successful-completion-for-korea-times-global-supporters",
        "published": "2026-09-01T05:07:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}