Tax agency launches probe into KB Kookmin Bank: sources

South Korea's tax agency has launched a special probe into KB Kookmin Bank, a major lender, financial sources said Thursday. According to insiders, the National Tax Service has sent investigators to the bank's headquarters in western Seoul to secure accounting records needed for a tax audit. The sources added the investigators are from Investigation Bureau 4 of the NTS' Seoul Regional Tax Office, which is in charge of probing tax evasion by businesses. The bureau is widely referred to as the "Gr