{
  "id": 12308926,
  "title": "Seoul sent $2.4 bil. to Washington for Texas energy project: finance minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/seoul-sent-2-4-bil-to-washington-for-texas-energy-project-finance-12308926",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-06T05:37:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20261006/seoul-sent-24-bil-to-washington-for-texas-energy-project-finance-minister"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il confirmed that Korea transferred $2.4 billion to Washington for a Texas energy project. This amount represents approximately 10 percent of the project's estimated budget. Project Star, a gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Texas, is designed to generate 6,472 megawatts of power, primarily for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. The project is estimated to cost $22.3 billion in total. Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources recently announced three investment pledges to the United States, including $150 billion for shipbuilding cooperation and $200 billion for projects in various strategic sectors. Lee assured the public that the Texas project meets the criteria for commercial viability.",
  "summary": "Korea has transferred $2.4 billion to Washington as part of its funding for a Texas energy project agreed upon by the two countries under Seoul's investment initiative, the finance minister confirmed Tuesday. Responding to a lawmaker's question about whether the transfer had been made during a parliamentary audit, Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il replied \"yes,\" acknowledging around 10 percent of…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "'China has never asked Seoul to choose a side between Beijing, Washington,' envoy says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/china-has-never-asked-seoul-to-choose-a-side-between-beijing",
        "published": "2026-10-06T04:07:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Seoul sent US$2.4 bln to Washington for Texas energy project: finance minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/seoul-sent-us-2-4-bln-to-washington-for-texas-energy-project-finance",
        "published": "2026-10-06T04:50:26.000Z"
      }
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  },
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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."
}