{
  "id": 6682651,
  "title": "Police Launch Investigation into Justice Minister Nominee's Alleged Illegal Lobbying",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/police-launch-investigation-into-justice-minister-nominees-alleged",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T01:24:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
    "slug": "kbs-world-radio",
    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=204177"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Politics] : Police have launched an investigation into allegations that Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won solicited state approval for a clinical trial of a COVID-19 treatment drug in 2021. Investigators at the Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station on Friday will question Lee Jong-bae, a former Seoul Metropolitan ... [more...]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Justice minister nominee apologizes for causing concern over alleged lobbying",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/justice-minister-nominee-apologizes-for-causing-concern-over-alleged-6684672",
        "published": "2026-09-11T01:43:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Justice minister nominee apologizes for causing concern over alleged lobbying",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/justice-minister-nominee-apologizes-for-causing-concern-over-alleged",
        "published": "2026-09-11T01:57:03.000Z"
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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."
}