On Sept. 13, 2013, the head of the South Korean antitrust regulator (the Korea Fair Trade Commission) announced a strengthening of the penalties for unfair business activities.

On December 28, 2016, the Korean Fair Trade Commission issued a steep fine against Qualcomm for antitrust violations in patent licensing and modem chip sales – a record penalty that the U.S. company will challenge in court.

According to the KFTC's press release, the proposed merger does not raise competitive concerns in the seed, pesticide...

The Korea Fair Trade Commission reported its future plans to closely monitor any cartels or unfair trade practices.

This book is a collection of my articles I have written on Korean competition law and policy through my thirty-year career serving in the Korean government.

On January 25, 2024, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) proposed amendments (Amendments) to the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (MRFTA) were approved by the National Assembly of Korea

On December 19, 2023, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) announced its proposal to enact the "Platform Competition Promotion Act" (PCPA) for ex-ante regulation of platforms by designating "dominant platform operators."

Under the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act, the Korea Fair Trade Commission may conduct an investigation of its own accord by taking the following measures if it deems that a violation of the act has occurred or is occurring.

In March 2016, the KMA, an association of more than 100,000 Korean physicians, won a decisive victory over the KFTC when the Seoul High Court entirely overruled the KFTC's sanctions...

Approximately 16,000 foreign companies are doing business in Korea in various industries including finance, technology ...

Korea's key ICT-related agencies, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, and the Korea Communications Commission, have adopted as a top priority plans to foster new industries in response to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

On February 6 the Korean government issued a draft amendment to the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (MRFTA), Korea’s general competition statute. Certain of the key changes proposed may be of particular interest to foreign companies that are intending to commence or are currently doing business in Korea.

The Ministry of Strategy and Finance finalized scope of Combined Report of International Transactions and confirmed taxpayers subject to the CRIT requirement through its official announcement...

In June 2016, the Korean Fair Trade Commission ("KFTC") announced its proposed amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act...

On February 4, 2016, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea passed the "Special Act on Revitalizing Companies," which is commonly referred to as the "One-Shot Act"...

The KFTC established the KFTC Rules on Investigative Procedures and amended the KFTC Rules on Internal Commission Meeting Process and Enforcement Procedures. Those Rules came into force on February 4, 2016.

When determining an abuse of a market-dominant position by an open-market service provider, the Korea Fair Trade Commission will consider the characteristics of an open market, such as parties involved, sources of revenue, liability and risk.

The growth of e-commerce following the transition to the digital economy is a global phenomenon, with the Republic of Korea ("Korea") being no exception.

온라인 시장의 성장, 디지털 경제로의 전환은 전 세계적 현상이며 한국도 예외가 아니다. 이러한 온라인 시장의 성장은 기존 거래관계에서 발생했던 문

The US Supreme Court recently held that vertical resale price maintenance (RPM) should be reviewed under the rule of reason standard, overruling the 96-year-old case law establishing the per se illegality of minimum resale price maintenance.