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1. (Moon Chang-keuk withdraws his name from nomination to be the next Prime Minister of South Korea due to his alleged historic pro-Japanese views.
   2022-09-05 00:26:49 (First version)
2. (Moon Chang-keuk withdraws his name from nomination to be the next Prime Minister of South Korea due to his alleged historic pro-Japanese views.
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