{
  "id": 7086996,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T09:42:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "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 against a Chinese investor in a $196 million investor-state dispute against the Korean government, according to The Korea Times. The ad hoc committee dismissed Fengzhen Min's application to overturn an earlier award in the investor-state dispute, which involved loans Min received from a Korean bank for an office building in Beijing. The committee also ordered Min to pay the Korean government approximately 1.51 million won in costs for the annulment proceedings, plus interest. The decision supports the principle that investments made in violation of domestic law are not entitled to protection under the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "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",
        "published": "2026-09-13T08:42:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}