South Korea looks beyond competition enforcement to address sensitive consumer issues
By Wooyoung Lee ( August 25, 2026, 09:11 GMT | Insight) -- The South Korean government is considering broader intervention in concentrated markets with sensitive consumer issues beyond traditional competition enforcement. A cabinet meeting on Tuesday highlighted some limitations of competition measures, particularly in the country's duopolistic food-delivery market and the recently approved merger of public high-speed rail operators. South Korea is looking beyond traditional competition enforcement to address sensitive consumer issues in concentrated markets, with President Lee Jae Myung calling for broader government intervention in the food-delivery market while questioning whether conventional merger remedies are appropriate for combinations involving public corporations....
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