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  "id": 7254787,
  "title": "Tax agency to probe 41 businesses for causing consumer price instability",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/tax-agency-to-probe-41-businesses-for-causing-consumer-price-7254787",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T06:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260914/tax-agency-to-probe-41-businesses-for-causing-consumer-price-instability"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that the National Tax Service (NTS) in South Korea has launched investigations into 41 businesses for engaging in unfair practices and contributing to consumer price instability ahead of the Chuseok holiday. The probe targets 23 agricultural product retailers, 12 grain, fruit, and meat retailers, 16 food franchises, and the largest food delivery platform, Baedal Minjok or Baemin. The investigations focus on alleged underreporting of profits, inflated expenses, and cost manipulation, with the NTS aiming to curb inflation leading up to the holiday.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Tax agency to probe 41 businesses for causing consumer price instability",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/tax-agency-to-probe-41-businesses-for-causing-consumer-price",
        "published": "2026-09-14T04:50:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Tax agency to probe 41 businesses for causing consumer price instability",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/tax-agency-to-probe-41-businesses-for-causing-consumer-price-7252729",
        "published": "2026-09-14T05:57:03.000Z"
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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."
}