{
  "id": 552167,
  "title": "South Korean actress Ha Young sorry for controversy over ancestor’s pro-Japanese ties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/south-korean-actress-ha-young-sorry-for-controversy-over-ancestors",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-11T08:52:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3363654/south-korean-actress-ha-young-sorry-controversy-over-ancestors-pro-japanese-ties"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A South Korean actress has apologised for the controversy surrounding her great-grandfather’s pro-Japanese ties during Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule, a day after calling the accusations “groundless”. “After further checking, we have confirmed that records of great-grandfather Ahn Sang-ho being listed as a councillor of the Daejong Chinmokhoe in 1916 actually existed,” Anh Ha-young’s agency…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}