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  "id": 7983969,
  "title": "Condoleezza Rice, Lee Kyung-chul receive inaugural Lee Hong-koo Diplomacy Award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/condoleezza-rice-lee-kyung-chul-receive-inaugural-lee-hong-koo-7983969",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T08:22:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20260917/condoleezza-rice-lee-kyung-chul-receive-inaugural-lee-hong-koo-diplomacy-award"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Lee Kyung-chul, special representative for Middle East peace at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have been named the inaugural recipients of the Lee Hong-koo Diplomacy Award. The Seoul Forum for International Affairs (SFIA) presented the awards during an event marking the organization's 40th anniversary, held at FKI Tower in Seoul’s Yeongdeungpo District. SFIA, a private diplomatic think tank, rebranded its Youngsan Diplomat Award in honor of former Prime Minister Lee Hong-koo, who served as the founding chairman of the organization. The recipients were honored alongside former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who also attended the event.",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Condoleezza Rice, Lee Kyung-chul receive inaugural Lee Hong-koo Diplomacy Award",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/condoleezza-rice-lee-kyung-chul-receive-inaugural-lee-hong-koo",
        "published": "2026-09-17T08:12:04.000Z"
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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."
}