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  "id": 7493881,
  "title": "Korea, Turkmenistan sign 13 deals across investment, energy, security",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/korea-turkmenistan-sign-13-deals-across-investment-energy-security-7493881",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T07:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/others/20260915/korea-turkmenistan-sign-13-deals-across-investment-energy-security"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "On Tuesday, Korea and Turkmenistan signed 13 agreements and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) during a bilateral summit, enhancing cooperation in various sectors. The agreements cover investment, energy, security, and other areas, with the summit held ahead of the first Korea-Central Asia Summit. Notable deals include an investment promotion and protection agreement, granting most-favored-nation treatment and establishing investor-state dispute settlement procedures, as well as infrastructure and water resource management MOUs to expand Korean technology and expertise in energy, construction, and logistics projects. Other MOUs focus on cooperation in the chemical industry, railway transportation, combating transnational organized crime, public security, customs cooperation, and border-level intellectual property protection.",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea, Turkmenistan sign 13 deals across investment, energy, security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/korea-turkmenistan-sign-13-deals-across-investment-energy-security",
        "published": "2026-09-15T06:32:04.000Z"
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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."
}