{
  "id": 7715178,
  "title": "South Korean killer’s drone escape from Philippine prison foiled by test footage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/south-korean-killers-drone-escape-from-philippine-prison-foiled-by",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T05:10:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3367673/south-korean-killers-drone-escape-philippine-prison-foiled-test-footage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A South Korean crime lord convicted of murder in the Philippines reportedly planned to escape prison by strapping himself to a drone – until his own accomplice’s rehearsal footage gave the game away. Park Wang-yeol, 47, was sentenced in 2022 to 60 years behind bars for the killing of three South Koreans in a sugar cane field outside Bacolod City in 2016, a crime that earned him the nickname…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}