{
  "id": 9044784,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T00:42:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20260922/lee-approves-appointments-of-finance-defense-land-minister-nominees"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung has approved the appointments of three minister nominees. The nominees are Lee Hyoung-il for finance, Kang Shin-chul for defense, and Hong Jee-sun for land.\n\nThey recently underwent confirmation hearings at the National Assembly. Their hearing reports were adopted by the respective parliamentary committees.\n\nLee signed off on their appointments after arriving in New York, where he is set to attend the U.N. General Assembly.",
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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",
        "published": "2026-09-22T00:32:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}