{
  "id": 1887741,
  "title": "KOSPI Plummets 5.80% Wednesday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/kospi-plummets-5-80-wednesday",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T06:56:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
    "slug": "kbs-world-radio",
    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=203677"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "[Economy] : The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index plunged 398-point-66 points, or five-point-eight percent, on Wednesday to close at six-thousand-471-point-17. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ lost nine-point-74 points, or one-point-17 percent, to close at 824-point-46. The South Korean won strengthened against the ... [more...]",
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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."
}