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  "id": 7682821,
  "title": "Ex-President Yoon acquitted of perjury in appellate trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ex-president-yoon-acquitted-of-perjury-in-appellate-trial-7682821",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T02:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260916/ex-president-yoon-acquitted-of-perjury-in-appellate-trial"
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  "summary": "An appellate court acquitted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday of committing perjury during the insurrection trial of former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. The Seoul High Court handed down the ruling, upholding a lower court's acquittal in May.",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Ex-President Yoon to be handed appellate ruling in perjury case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ex-president-yoon-to-be-handed-appellate-ruling-in-perjury-case-7668229",
        "published": "2026-09-16T00:05:38.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Ex-President Yoon to be handed appellate ruling in perjury case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ex-president-yoon-to-be-handed-appellate-ruling-in-perjury-case",
        "published": "2026-09-16T00:42:04.000Z"
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