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  "id": 16892769,
  "title": "South Korea fines Google and Apple over ‘unfair’ app market practices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/south-korea-fines-google-and-apple-over-unfair-app-market-practices",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-28T11:41:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
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    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/south-korea-fines-google-and-apple-for-forcing-own-payment-systems-and-delaying-reviews/article71635392.ece"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Commission fined Google 42.9 billion won ($32 million) and Apple 20.8 billion won ($15.5 million) and ordered both companies to let South Korean developers use external payment links within their apps and to improve their app review procedures",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/pioneer-to-outsider-lucentblock-ceo-fights-for-survival-in-koreas-sto",
        "published": "2026-10-27T22:27:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Finance minister hopes for Bloomberg review of S. Korea's market status",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/finance-minister-hopes-for-bloomberg-review-of-s-koreas-market-status",
        "published": "2026-10-28T08:00:02.000Z"
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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."
}