{
  "id": 7919643,
  "title": "President Lee set to meet IEA chief to discuss energy security",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/president-lee-set-to-meet-iea-chief-to-discuss-energy-security-7919643",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T01:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20260917/president-lee-set-to-meet-iea-chief-to-discuss-energy-security"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Lee Jae Myung is scheduled to meet with International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol on Thursday, according to his office. The purpose of the meeting at Cheong Wa Dae is to discuss energy security and other global matters. This follow-up meeting comes after Lee proposed at the Group of Seven summit in June to explore cooperative ways to bolster the resilience of Asia-Pacific nations' energy supply chains. During their discussion, Lee and Birol aim to exchange perspectives on enhancing global energy security in the face of escalating energy and climate crises, sparked by recent conflicts in the Middle East and natural disasters like the floods in Nepal. Notably, Birol has been instrumental in addressing the global energy crisis by facilitating the release of 400 million barrels of oil from IEA member countries' emergency reserves in response to the Middle East conflict in March, as reported by the presidential office.",
  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung will meet with International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol on Thursday to discuss energy security and other global issues, his office said. The meeting at Cheong Wa Dae was arranged as a follow-up to Lee's proposal during the Group of Seven summit in June to discuss ways to cooperate to strengthen the resilience of Asia-Pacific nations' energy supply…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lee set to meet IEA chief to discuss energy security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/lee-set-to-meet-iea-chief-to-discuss-energy-security",
        "published": "2026-09-17T01:02:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "President Lee set to meet IEA chief to discuss energy security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/president-lee-set-to-meet-iea-chief-to-discuss-energy-security",
        "published": "2026-09-17T01:32:03.000Z"
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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."
}