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Coupang, KFTC clash over scope of Naver ruling in appeal; employee testifies

By Wooyoung Lee ( April 3, 2026, 06:36 GMT | Insight) -- Coupang and South Korea’s antitrust regulator clashed in court over whether a recent Supreme Court ruling in Naver’s alleged abuse of dominance case undermines the legal basis for a 2024 antitrust sanction imposed on the e-commerce giant. In the seventh hearing on Thursday in Coupang’s appeal of a 162.8 billion won (about $116 million) fine by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, lawyers for Coupang argued that the Supreme Court's rulings in the Naver Shopping and Video cases support their position that the KFTC’s decision was unlawful.Coupang and South Korea’s antitrust regulator clashed in court over whether a recent Supreme Court ruling in Naver’s alleged abuse of dominance case undermines the legal basis for a 2024 antitrust sanction imposed on the e-commerce giant....

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