{
  "id": 5268484,
  "title": "Jogye Order elects Ven. Jinwoo as new leader",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/jogye-order-elects-ven-jinwoo-as-new-leader-5268484",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T07:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20260903/jogye-order-elects-ven-jinwoo-as-new-leader"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Ven. Jinwoo has been elected as the leader of Korea's biggest Buddhist sect, the Jogye Order, for another term. He won 57 percent of the vote, beating Ven. Gyeongwoo who earned 43 percent.\n\nAs the leader, Jinwoo will oversee around 3,500 temples and 12,000 monks associated with the Jogye Order. According to The Korea Times, he is the second person in the Jogye Order's history to win a second term, with the first being Ven. Jaseung in 2013.\n\nJinwoo's new four-year term is set to begin on September 28, after receiving approval from the order's elders assembly.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Jogye Order elects Ven. Jinwoo as new leader",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/jogye-order-elects-ven-jinwoo-as-new-leader-5268613",
        "published": "2026-09-03T06:33:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Jogye Order elects Ven. Jinwoo as new leader",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/jogye-order-elects-ven-jinwoo-as-new-leader",
        "published": "2026-09-03T06:52:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}