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  "id": 6082473,
  "title": "Justice minister nominee denies illegal COVID-19 treatment lobbying allegations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/justice-minister-nominee-denies-illegal-covid-19-treatment-lobbying",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T02:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20260907/justice-minister-nominee-denies-illegal-covid-19-treatment-lobbying-allegations"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won has denied allegations of illegally lobbying for a COVID-19 treatment in 2021. He acknowledged that he should have been more careful in making his request to speed up the treatment's clinical trial approval. Kim stated that he never made an illegal solicitation to the food and drug ministry, and the review was not unfairly conducted as a result. Prosecutors dropped the case against Kim after determining his request could not be definitively found as illegal solicitation.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Justice minister nominee denies illegal COVID-19 treatment lobbying allegations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/justice-minister-nominee-denies-illegal-covid-19-treatment-lobbying-6082721",
        "published": "2026-09-07T01:40:35.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Justice Minister Nominee Denies Acting Improperly in Drug Trial Lobbying Case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/justice-minister-nominee-denies-acting-improperly-in-drug-trial",
        "published": "2026-09-07T02:18:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Justice minister nominee denies illegal COVID-19 treatment lobbying allegations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/justice-minister-nominee-denies-illegal-covid-19-treatment-lobbying-6087608",
        "published": "2026-09-07T02:47:03.000Z"
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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."
}