{
  "id": 850953,
  "title": "KB Financial Group faces new uncertainty over leadership succession after tax probe into banking unit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/kb-financial-group-faces-new-uncertainty-over-leadership-succession",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T08:22:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/banking-finance/20260814/kb-financial-group-faces-new-uncertainty-over-leadership-succession-after-tax-probe-into-banking-unit"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Just as KB Financial Group’s race to choose its next chairman enters a decisive stage, tax authorities have launched a unscheduled investigation into its flagship unit, KB Kookmin Bank — a move that could add an unexpected complication to the succession process, according to industry experts, Friday. The National Tax Service (NTS) dispatched around 30 officials from its high-profile investigation…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "KB Financial Group faces new uncertainty over leadership succession after tax probe into banking unit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/kb-financial-group-faces-new-uncertainty-over-leadership-succession-851880",
        "published": "2026-08-14T08:32:03.000Z"
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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."
}