{
  "id": 5510728,
  "title": "Samsung Electronics union leaders under probe over 'union blacklist'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/samsung-electronics-union-leaders-under-probe-over-union-blacklist-5510728",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T07:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260904/samsung-electronics-union-leaders-under-probe-over-union-blacklist"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Two high-ranking Samsung Electronics union leaders are under investigation for allegedly creating a blacklist containing personal information of approximately 100,000 employees. Choi Seung-ho, head of the Samsung Electronics labor union, and an unidentified senior union official are accused of violating the personal information protection law by unlawfully obtaining and compiling a list of employees' union membership. The investigation was initiated after the union was preparing for a general strike over performance-based bonuses. The senior union official, who previously managed the company's internal systems, is suspected of obtaining a file containing the names of over 100,000 employees and providing it to the labor union.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Samsung Electronics union leaders under probe over 'union blacklist'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/samsung-electronics-union-leaders-under-probe-over-union-blacklist-5510863",
        "published": "2026-09-04T06:46:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Samsung Electronics union leaders under probe over 'union blacklist'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/samsung-electronics-union-leaders-under-probe-over-union-blacklist",
        "published": "2026-09-04T07:02:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}