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South Korea's platform bills put on hold until after summit with US

By Jenny Lee ( August 5, 2025, 03:00 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea’s antitrust regulator met behind closed doors with lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Party to discuss the country’s pending online platform legislation, agreeing to postpone deliberations until after the upcoming US–South Korea summit. The decision comes just days before the Aug. 7 deadline for the Korea Fair Trade Commission to respond to a US congressional request for a briefing on how the bills could affect US tech giants.South Korea’s antitrust regulator met behind closed doors with lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Party to discuss the country’s pending online platform legislation, agreeing to postpone deliberations until after the upcoming US–South Korea summit. The decision comes just days before the Aug. 7 deadline for the Korea Fair Trade Commission, or KFTC, to respond to a US congressional request for a briefing on how the bills could affect US tech giants....

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