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South Korea Defends Prison Air Conditioning Plan Amid Public Outcry

South Korea's Ministry of Justice clarified a $779,000 plan to install air conditioning in prisons will cool corridors, not cells, to protect vulnerable individuals and staff. Critics decried the taxpayer-funded project.

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