{
  "id": 9042701,
  "title": "Lee approves appointments of finance, defense, land minister nominees",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/lee-approves-appointments-of-finance-defense-land-minister-nominees",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T00:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20260922/lee-approves-appointments-of-finance-defense-land-minister-nominees"
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  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday approved the appointments of the minister nominees for finance, defense and land, his office said. Finance Minister nominee Lee Hyoung-il, Defense Minister nominee Kang Shin-chul and Land Minister nominee Hong Jee-sun recently underwent confirmation hearings at the National Assembly, and their hearing reports were adopted by the respective parliamentary…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lee approves appointments of finance, defense, land minister nominees",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/lee-approves-appointments-of-finance-defense-land-minister-nominees",
        "published": "2026-09-21T23:57:51.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lee approves appointments of finance, defense, land minister nominees",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/lee-approves-appointments-of-finance-defense-land-minister-nominees-9044784",
        "published": "2026-09-22T00:42:04.000Z"
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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."
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