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  "title": "Performance art or marketing ploy? The empty promise of South Korea’s ‘dopamine shops’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/performance-art-or-marketing-ploy-the-empty-promise-of-south-koreas-9529194",
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  "published": "2026-09-24T09:00:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "The quirky trend is digital edging for the person who gets off on designer labels, not sex – PornHub for the Carrie Bradshaws of the world.",
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        "title": "Performance art or marketing ploy? The empty promise of South Korea’s ‘dopamine shops’",
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