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  "id": 5030830,
  "title": "SME, land minister nominees to undergo confirmation hearings Sept. 15-16",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/sme-land-minister-nominees-to-undergo-confirmation-hearings-sept-15-16-5030830",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T06:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20260902/sme-land-minister-nominees-to-undergo-confirmation-hearings-sept-15-16"
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  "summary": "The nominees for small and medium enterprises (SME) minister and land minister will undergo parliamentary confirmation hearings on Sept. 15 and 16, respectively, officials said Wednesday. SME Minister nominee Lee So-young, a two-term lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, and Land Minister nominee Hong Jee-sun, currently vice land minister, were tapped by President Lee Jae Myung on…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "SME, land minister nominees to undergo confirmation hearings Sept. 15-16",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/sme-land-minister-nominees-to-undergo-confirmation-hearings-sept-15-16",
        "published": "2026-09-02T05:15:38.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "SME, land minister nominees to undergo confirmation hearings Sept. 15-16",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/sme-land-minister-nominees-to-undergo-confirmation-hearings-sept-15-16-5032254",
        "published": "2026-09-02T06:42:03.000Z"
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