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  "id": 8145488,
  "title": "Court to hold arrest warrant hearings for 8 petrochemical executives over alleged price-fixing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/court-to-hold-arrest-warrant-hearings-for-8-petrochemical-executives",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T01:57:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260918/court-to-hold-arrest-warrant-hearings-for-8-petrochemical-executives-over-alleged-price-fixing"
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  "summary": "A Seoul court is scheduled to hold arrest warrant hearings on Friday for eight executives from domestic petrochemical companies, suspected of fixing prices for several years. The Seoul Central District Court will decide whether to issue arrest warrants for individuals including Kim Yoo-shin, CEO of OCI, and Jang Young-soo, former CEO of PKC. Prosecutors suspect that seven companies - LG Chem, Hanwha Solutions, Aekyung Chemical, OCI, Lotte Fine Chemical, PKC, and Unid - colluded to raise prices for eight petrochemical products, resulting in illicit profits totaling several trillions of won. The price-fixing is believed to have taken advantage of supply disruptions in naphtha caused by the Middle East conflict. PVC, primarily made from naphtha, is a synthetic plastic used in various applications.",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Court to hold arrest warrant hearings for 8 petrochemical executives over alleged price-fixing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/court-to-hold-arrest-warrant-hearings-for-8-petrochemical-executives-8146970",
        "published": "2026-09-18T01:30:12.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Court to hold arrest warrant hearings for 8 petrochemical executives over alleged price-fixing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/court-to-hold-arrest-warrant-hearings-for-8-petrochemical-executives-8147666",
        "published": "2026-09-18T02:12:03.000Z"
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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."
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