{
  "id": 5273820,
  "title": "Court rejects LG chief's adoptive mother's petition to end adoption",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/court-rejects-lg-chiefs-adoptive-mothers-petition-to-end-adoption-5273820",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T07:27:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260903/court-rejects-lg-chiefs-adoptive-mothers-petition-to-end-adoption"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Seoul family court denied a request on Thursday from Kim Young-sik, the widow of LG Group Chairman Koo Bon-moo and the adoptive mother of Koo Kwang-mo, to dissolve their adoptive relationship. The court did not provide specific reasons for its decision during the proceedings. Kim submitted the petition in November 2024, concurrently with a separate inheritance dispute she was entangled in with Koo Kwang-mo over assets belonging to her deceased husband. Koo Kwang-mo is the biological son of Koo Bon-neung, chairman of Heesung Group and Koo Bon-moo's younger brother. After losing his only child in an accident, Koo Bon-moo adopted his nephew in 2004, a decision seen as setting the stage for LG Group's traditional firstborn-son succession principle. Following Koo Bon-moo's demise in 2018, Koo Kwang-mo became LG Group's largest shareholder, inheriting the majority of his adoptive father's shares. The inheritance conflict commenced in 2023, when Kim and her two daughters initiated legal action.",
  "summary": "A Seoul family court on Thursday dismissed a petition by Kim Young-sik, widow of LG Group Chairman Koo Bon-moo and adoptive mother of LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo, seeking to dissolve their adoptive relationship. The Seoul Family Court rejected Kim’s petition for judicial dissolution of the adoption. The court did not disclose its detailed reasoning during the hearing. Kim filed the petition in…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Court rejects adoption termination suit against LG chair",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/court-rejects-adoption-termination-suit-against-lg-chair",
        "published": "2026-09-03T06:45:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Court rejects LG chief's adoptive mother's petition to end adoption",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/court-rejects-lg-chiefs-adoptive-mothers-petition-to-end-adoption",
        "published": "2026-09-03T07:02:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}