{
  "id": 12523750,
  "title": "KT&G's No. 2 plant in Indonesia begins operations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/kt-gs-no-2-plant-in-indonesia-begins-operations",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T02:32:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261007/ktgs-no-2-plant-in-indonesia-begins-operations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KT&G Corp., South Korea's leading tobacco company, announced on Wednesday that its second tobacco manufacturing plant in Indonesia has commenced operations. The new facility is situated in Pasuruan, East Java, while KT&G's initial tobacco production plant in Indonesia is located in Surabaya, according to a press release issued by the company. The recently commissioned Indonesian plant will serve as KT&G's manufacturing hub in Southeast Asia, with the production of goods for export to neighboring countries and other markets.\n\nThe plant boasts an impressive annual production capacity of 21 billion cigarettes, which, when added to KT&G's existing production capacity in Indonesia, brings the total to an astounding 35 billion cigarettes per year. KT&G currently operates tobacco plants in five countries - Korea, Russia, Turkey, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan. The combined annual production capacity of the four overseas plants is projected to reach 65 billion cigarettes, though the company did not specify when this target would be achieved. Meanwhile, KT&G's three domestic plants have a combined annual production capacity of 56 billion cigarettes.\n\nThe company's ambition is to generate half of its sales overseas by the year 2027.",
  "summary": "KT&G Corp., Korea's dominant tobacco company, said Wednesday its second plant in Indonesia has begun operations as it expands its presence in Southeast Asia. The new plant is located in Pasuruan, East Java, while KT&G's first tobacco manufacturing plant in Indonesia is in Surabaya, the company said in a press release. The new Indonesian plant will serve as KT&G's manufacturing base in Southeast…",
  "key_points": [
    "KT&G's second tobacco plant in Indonesia starts operations.",
    "Plant in Pasuruan, East Java, complements Surabaya facility.",
    "Annual production capacity of 21 billion cigarettes."
  ],
  "editors_take": "KT&G's new Indonesian plant solidifies its Southeast Asian manufacturing presence, boosting export capabilities and bringing its overseas production capacity closer to its goal of generating half its sales abroad by 2027.",
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "KT&G's No. 2 plant in Indonesia begins operations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/kt-gs-no-2-plant-in-indonesia-begins-operations-12523848",
        "published": "2026-10-07T02:19:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "KT&G's No. 2 plant in Indonesia begins operations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/kt-gs-no-2-plant-in-indonesia-begins-operations-12527142",
        "published": "2026-10-07T02:52:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}