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  "id": 106812,
  "title": "South Korea tightens grip on high-risk ETFs as investor losses mount",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/south-korea-tightens-grip-on-high-risk-etfs-as-investor-losses-mount",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-04T00:00:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3362836/south-korea-tightens-grip-high-risk-etfs-investor-losses-mount"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Korea’s financial authorities are weighing tighter curbs on high-risk leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as part of broader efforts to stabilise the country’s notoriously volatile stock market, which has left many investors with heavy losses and mounting debt. The proposals could include giving regulators the power to reduce the leverage ratio of single-stock ETFs and raising the…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "South Korea's Lee urges authorities to step up support as heatwave kills 16",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/south-koreas-lee-urges-authorities-to-step-up-support-as-heatwave-113226",
        "published": "2026-08-04T02:14:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "South Korea’s Lee urges authorities to step up support as heatwave kills 16",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/south-koreas-lee-urges-authorities-to-step-up-support-as-heatwave",
        "published": "2026-08-04T02:20:52.000Z"
      }
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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."
}