Region: South Korea

Korea’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the country’s competition watchdog against a decision by a lower court to suspend the agency’s abuse of dominance finding against naval engineering company Gaztransport & Technigaz.

20 May 2021

Google is reportedly being investigated by Korea’s communications regulator for allegedly restricting the compatibility of applications on the company’s Android Auto interface when downloaded outside its Play Store, a week after Italy’s competition authority fined the company based on similar concerns.

17 May 2021

Korea’s competition watchdog has reportedly raided Facebook’s local offices over suspicion the company forces app developers to exclusively advertise on its platform.

19 April 2021

Korea’s competition authority has referred a steel company and three of its employees to the country's criminal prosecutor for impeding a price-fixing probe that resulted in fines of over €200 million.

17 February 2021

The Seoul High Court has suspended a decision by Korea’s competition watchdog finding that naval engineering company Gaztransport & Technigaz illegally tied its technology licences with engineering services for liquified natural gas storage tanks.

19 January 2021

A case team at Korea’s antitrust authority has preliminarily recommended that Delivery Hero divest its local food delivery operations as a condition for approval of its proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Woowa Brothers.

17 November 2020

The chair of Korea’s antitrust watchdog has reportedly accused Google of distorting competition in the mobile applications market and revealed the agency will aim to complete one of two ongoing probes into the company this year.

23 October 2020

Korea’s antitrust watchdog intends to double the fines it can impose on digital platforms for unfair trading practices as well as require tech companies to enter into written contracts with smaller businesses.

30 September 2020