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Kim Byung-joo, Chairman of MBK Partners, who is facing fraud charges amounting to 100 billion won in connection with the Homeplus case, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on January 13, 2026, for a pretrial detention hearing (warrant review).
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