{
  "id": 19620630,
  "title": "Korea Zinc loses court battle over curbs on Young Poong's voting rights",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/korea-zinc-loses-court-battle-over-curbs-on-young-poongs-voting-rights-19620630",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T08:02:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261112/korea-zinc-loses-court-battle-over-curbs-on-young-poongs-voting-rights"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that a Seoul Central District Court has ruled that a resolution passed at Korea Zinc's annual shareholder meeting in March 2025, which restricted the voting rights of Young Poong Corp. and private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., must be nullified. The two entities had formed an alliance in September 2024 to secure management control of Korea Zinc, the world's largest refined zinc smelter. Since then, they have jointly exercised their voting rights, leading Korea Zinc Chairman Choi Yun-beom to challenge their takeover bid. The court's decision orders Korea Zinc to revoke the resolution adopted at the March 2025 meeting, stating that the company cannot restrict the voting rights of existing shareholders by invoking rules governing cross-shareholdings as a means of defending its management control.",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Korea Zinc loses court battle over curbs on Young Poong's voting rights",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/korea-zinc-loses-court-battle-over-curbs-on-young-poongs-voting-rights",
        "published": "2026-11-12T06:41:31.000Z"
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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."
}