{
  "id": 7082151,
  "title": "Korea prevails in $196 mil. investor-state dispute against Chinese investor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/korea-prevails-in-196-mil-investor-state-dispute-against-chinese",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T08:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20260913/korea-prevails-in-196-mil-investor-state-dispute-against-chinese-investor"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled in favor of the Korean government in an investor-state dispute with a Chinese investor, rejecting the latter's bid to overturn a previous award worth 264.1 billion won ($196 million). The ad hoc committee dismissed Fengzhen Min's annulment application, ordering the Chinese investor to pay about 1.51 billion won in costs for the proceedings, plus interest. The decision emphasizes that investments made in violation of domestic law are not entitled to protection under the ISDS system. The dispute arose from loans Min received from a Korean bank for the acquisition and development of an office building in Beijing, leading to the establishment of Pi Korea in Korea and raising 380 billion won through project financing loans.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea prevails in 264.1 bln-won investor-state dispute against Chinese investor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/s-korea-prevails-in-264-1-bln-won-investor-state-dispute-against",
        "published": "2026-09-13T08:12:42.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea prevails in $196 mil. investor-state dispute against Chinese investor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/korea-prevails-in-196-mil-investor-state-dispute-against-chinese-7086996",
        "published": "2026-09-13T09:42:02.000Z"
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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."
}