{
  "id": 653243,
  "title": "Activist Flashlight loses landmark KT&G treasury share lawsuit in South Korea",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/activist-flashlight-loses-landmark-kt-g-treasury-share-lawsuit-in",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:49:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hedgeweek",
    "slug": "hedgeweek",
    "url": "https://www.hedgeweek.com/activist-flashlight-loses-landmark-ktg-treasury-share-lawsuit-in-south-korea/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Activist investor Flashlight Capital Partners has lost a closely watched legal challenge against former directors of South Korean tobacco giant KT&G, in a case that tested the extent of board accountability over treasury shares, according to a report by Bloomberg.",
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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."
}