{
  "id": 2965399,
  "title": "South Korea Sees Illegal Imports of Weight Loss Drugs More Than Triple",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/south-korea-sees-illegal-imports-of-weight-loss-drugs-more-than-triple",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-24T06:48:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
    "slug": "kbs-world-radio",
    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=203776"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "[Domestic] : Illegal imports of weight-loss medications into South Korea surged in the first half of the year, with more attempts to smuggle in the drugs via direct personal purchases through overseas websites. The Korea Customs Service said Monday that it caught four-thousand-155 cases of unauthorized imports of ... [more...]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}