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Several executives of South Korean pharmaceutical companies have been arrested by the country’s prosecutors’ office in its first independent antitrust probe since the inauguration of the new prosecutor-general, with investigators suspecting collusive schemes on public tenders among dozens of vaccine producers and distributors covering a wide swathe of the South Korean vaccine market. -
Chinese companies acquiring control or at least 35 percent of shares in EU companies might face a new bloc-level review. -
China's antitrust regulator doesn't consider the economic hardship brought by the Covid-19 as a legitimate mitigating factor to reduce fines. -
Last week, Japanese competition regulators revoked a previous finding that Qualcomm had violated the country’s Antimonopoly Act, handing a much-needed victory to the US chipmaker that has come under antitrust scrutiny around the world. -
Regulatory overlap and turf wars in S Korea, from a request to the Korea Fair Trade Commission to refer McDonald’s Korea for franchise law and subcontracting allegations. -
Global tech & social media companies are in for a bumpy ride after many of them suspended their cooperation with data requests from Hong Kong authorities. -
This week’s announcement that Facebook had secured nearly 10% of Reliance Jio, India’s largest Internet provider, was light on detail & revealed little about the partnership. -
Legislation on protection of privacy and personal data remains at the top of the agenda for members of a key Chinese policy advisory board. -
Chinese local authorities will have to scrutinize standards that they have imposed on businesses such as those relating to market exit & government funding, as part of a nationwide campaign. -
Companies backed by significant Chinese subsidies could be subject to a new kind of EU investigation that would correct distortions & restrict behavior inside Europe's internal market.