{
  "id": 848906,
  "title": "South Korea soccer players push for a K League season shift as heat punishes summer matches",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/south-korea-soccer-players-push-for-a-k-league-season-shift-as-heat",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-14T07:19:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/south-korea-soccer-players-push-071915062.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "South Korea’s Pro Footballers Association is calling on the K League to overhaul the domestic soccer season to avoid playing during the height of summer, as local temperatures reached record highs in August. “The K League must transition to the Fall-Spring schedule to protect players from the worsening climate crisis and punishing summer heat,” the KPFA said in a statement this week, “and to…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "South Korea soccer players push for a K League season shift as heat punishes summer matches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/south-korea-soccer-players-push-for-a-k-league-season-shift-as-heat-850828",
        "published": "2026-08-14T07:23:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "South Korea unveils housing package to boost supply and support young buyers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/south-korea-unveils-housing-package-to-boost-supply-and-support-young",
        "published": "2026-08-14T07:44:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "South Korea players want K League season change due to ‘worsening climate’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/south-korea-players-want-k-league-season-change-due-to-worsening",
        "published": "2026-08-14T08:35:31.000Z"
      }
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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."
}