{
  "id": 18208580,
  "title": "Kakao Q3 net profit down 7.9% to $132.7 mil.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/kakao-q3-net-profit-down-7-9-to-132-7-mil-18208580",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-04T23:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/20261105/kakao-q3-net-profit-down-79-to-1327-mil"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "South Korean internet tech giant Kakao on Thursday reported its third-quarter net income of 177.7 billion won ($132.7 million), down 7.9 percent from a year earlier. The company that operates KakaoTalk, the country's dominant messaging app, said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the July-September period rose 15.5 percent on-year to 240.3 billion won. Sales remained unchanged at…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(LEAD) Kakao Q3 operating profit up 15.5 pct on stable growth of platform biz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/lead-kakao-q3-operating-profit-up-15-5-pct-on-stable-growth-of",
        "published": "2026-11-05T00:05:14.000Z"
      }
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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."
}