HYBE Chair Bang referred to prosecutors over alleged unfair trading

HYBE Chair Bang referred to prosecutors over alleged unfair trading

South Korea’s financial watchdog has referred Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of K-pop powerhouse HYBE Co., to prosecutors over alleged fra...

Seoul vows zero-tolerance measures against unfair stock trading

Seoul vows zero-tolerance measures against unfair stock trading

South Korea’s top financial regulators and its stock exchange operator will launch a joint task force to strengthen oversight of unlawful fina...

HYBE Bang under financial watchdog’s scrutiny for alleged unfair trading

HYBE Bang under financial watchdog’s scrutiny for alleged unfair trading

Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of HYBE Co., the South Korean entertainment giant behind K-pop global sensation BTS, could face investigation by ...

FTC fines Kakao Mobility $55 mn for alleged unfair taxi-hailing service

FTC fines Kakao Mobility $55 mn for alleged unfair taxi-hailing service

South Korea’s antitrust body has fined Kakao Mobility Corp., the country’s largest taxi-hailing app operator, 72.4 billion won ($54.9 mi...

France’s new EV subsidy bill may violate Korea-EU FTA: KITA

France’s new EV subsidy bill may violate Korea-EU FTA: KITA

The South Korean auto industry has called for an amendment in France’s new subsidy policy for electric vehicle purchases after voicing concern...

SGC Group slapped with over $7.7 mn fine for unfair internal trade

SGC Group slapped with over $7.7 mn fine for unfair internal trade

The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a fine of more than 10 billion won ($7.7 million) on SGC Group companies for unfair internal transaction...

S.Korea rejects Broadcom’s corrective steps on unfair biz

S.Korea rejects Broadcom’s corrective steps on unfair biz

South Korea’s antitrust body dismissed corrective measures proposed by US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. to avoid penalties over its alleged unfair b...

Hankook Tire chairman arrested for alleged embezzlement

Hankook Tire chairman arrested for alleged embezzlement

The head of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, was arrested on Thursday on charges of embezzlement, breach of tr...

Kakao Mobility fined $20 million over unfair taxi-hailing service

 Kakao Mobility fined $20 million over unfair taxi-hailing service

Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing app operator, has been fined 25.7 billion won ($20.3 million) for discriminating agai...

Kakao's Q3 profit drops 12% on games, data center construction

Kakao's Q3 profit drops 12% on games, data center construction

South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. announced its third-quarter earnings on Nov. 3, including quarterly operating profit of 150.3 ...

Broadcom applies for consent order on unfair deals with Samsung

Broadcom applies for consent order on unfair deals with Samsung

US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. applied for a consent order to the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFT) in July against allegations that it forced Samsung E...

Korea’s GS Retail fined $18.7 million over unfair dealings with contractors

Korea’s GS Retail fined $18.7 million over unfair dealings with contractors

South Korea’s antitrust regulator on Tuesday slapped GS Retail Co., a GS Group unit that operates the country’s second-largest convenien...

SK Group’s Chey rebuts FTC charges of unfair business practice

SK Group’s Chey rebuts FTC charges of unfair business practice

South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has imposed a fine of 1.6 billion won ($1.3 million) on SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and the conglomerat...

Antitrust body takes aim at Kakao's taxi-hailing app, Coupang

Antitrust body takes aim at Kakao's taxi-hailing app, Coupang

South Korea's antitrust body has launched an investigation into Kakao Mobility Corp. on allegations of discrimination against taxi drivers not subsc...

Namyang Dairy-Hahn & Co. saga enters new chapter: Legal fight

Namyang Dairy-Hahn & Co. saga enters new chapter: Legal fight

Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s top shareholder and Chairman Hong Won-sik on Wednesday notified Hahn & Co. of the termination of the 310.7 billion ...

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