{
  "id": 851879,
  "title": "Two candidates shortlisted for special counsel investigating ballot shortages",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/two-candidates-shortlisted-for-special-counsel-investigating-ballot-851879",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T08:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20260814/two-candidates-shortlisted-for-special-counsel-investigating-ballot-shortages"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that a bipartisan committee has unanimously selected two candidates for the role of special counsel to investigate ballot shortages during the June 3 elections. The candidates, both former prosecutors-turned-lawyers, are Lee Tae-han and Lee Hyuk, who were recommended by the Korean Bar Association and the Association of Korean Law Schools. President Lee Jae Myung has three days to appoint one of them as the special counsel, who will have 20 days to prepare for the investigation. The full-scale probe is expected to commence early next month, with the special counsel team having up to 90 days to investigate allegations of mismanagement of ballot papers by the National Election Commission, with the investigation period extendable twice by 30 days each.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Two candidates shortlisted for special counsel investigating ballot shortages",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/two-candidates-shortlisted-for-special-counsel-investigating-ballot-852697",
        "published": "2026-08-14T07:36:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Two candidates shortlisted for special counsel investigating ballot shortages",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/two-candidates-shortlisted-for-special-counsel-investigating-ballot",
        "published": "2026-08-14T08:22:02.000Z"
      }
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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."
}