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  "id": 518244,
  "title": "Seoul shares open lower on US losses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/seoul-shares-open-lower-on-us-losses-518244",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-11T01:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/20260811/seoul-shares-open-lower-on-us-losses"
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  "summary": "Seoul shares opened lower Tuesday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street. After opening 0.95 percent lower, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) traded down 57.86 points, or 0.92 percent, at 6,241.8 as of 9:15 a.m. On Monday (local time), the U.S. stock market edged down from its all-time high the previous session as oil prices rose on uncertainty about when the Strait of…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(LEAD) Seoul shares open lower on U.S. losses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/lead-seoul-shares-open-lower-on-u-s-losses",
        "published": "2026-08-11T00:24:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Seoul shares open lower on US losses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/seoul-shares-open-lower-on-us-losses",
        "published": "2026-08-11T00:52:03.000Z"
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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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