{
  "id": 2316627,
  "title": "Busan to host 2026 Medical Tourism Fair next week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/busan-to-host-2026-medical-tourism-fair-next-week-2316627",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T06:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/health/20260821/busan-to-host-2026-medical-tourism-fair-next-week"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Busan is set to host the 2026 Medical Tourism Business Fair from Wednesday to Thursday at Grand Josun Busan, according to city officials. The event aims to showcase the city's medical sector strengths and attract foreign patients, a goal of the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), a government agency promoting Korea's health and medical industries. KHIDI, in collaboration with Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, and Jeju, selected Busan as the host city for the first time, with 16 overseas buyer companies from 10 countries, including Thailand, China, the United States, and Mongolia, expected to attend. On Wednesday, 41 Busan-based medical institutions and patient-referral agencies will offer one-on-one business consultations with the buyers, with memorandum of understanding signings anticipated to establish new referral channels. On Thursday, the participants will visit two major Busan medical institutions for further engagement.",
  "summary": "Busan Metropolitan City will host the \"2026 Medical Tourism Business Fair\" at Grand Josun Busan on Wednesday and Thursday, city officials said. The event is designed to promote the strengths of the southern port city's medical sector and expand its base for attracting foreign patients, officials said Friday. It is hosted and organized by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), a…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Busan to host 2026 Medical Tourism Fair next week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/busan-to-host-2026-medical-tourism-fair-next-week",
        "published": "2026-08-21T06:07:03.000Z"
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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."
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