Antitrust Antitrust

Apps, food-delivery and hotel-booking sites under scrutiny by South Korea's new antitrust units

By Wooyoung Lee
  • 18 Jan 2021 00:46
  • 18 Jan 2021 03:12
App marketplace and online-to-offline commerce will be closely watched by the South Korean competition regulator as the agency establishes special units dedicated to monitor and examine possible antitrust violations in those markets.
“A unit will look into conduct that hinders the emergence of new mobile operating systems and restricts competition

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Wooyoung Lee

Correspondent, Seoul


Wooyoung Lee is a correspondent based in MLex’s Seoul office, South Korea, covering antitrust, privacy and data security, mergers and acquisitions and financial services. Wooyoung has more than a decade of experience in journalism, public policy and research. She has worked and written for news outlets including The Korea Herald, Al Jazeera International, Bloomberg BNA, Monocle, among others.

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