{
  "id": 12099967,
  "title": "Delinquent health insurance premiums owed by foreigners total $27.9 mil.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/delinquent-health-insurance-premiums-owed-by-foreigners-total-27-9-mil",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-05T07:32:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20261005/delinquent-health-insurance-premiums-owed-by-foreigners-total-279-mil"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Delinquent health insurance premiums owed by foreigners and overseas Koreans in Korea's state health insurance system reached 37.5 billion won ($27.9 million) by the end of 2025, according to a government report. This represents a 42% increase from 26.4 billion won in 2021, with the number of delinquent households growing 58.1% from 21,728 to 34,349 over the same period. Foreign nationals made up the majority of delinquent households, with 33,725 owing 34.4 billion won.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Delinquent health insurance premiums owed by foreigners total $27.9 mil.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/delinquent-health-insurance-premiums-owed-by-foreigners-total-27-9-mil-12103369",
        "published": "2026-10-05T08:07:03.000Z"
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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."
}