South Korean food-cartel appeals test KFTC's leniency decision, pricing remedy
By Wooyoung Lee ( August 28, 2026, 10:31 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea’s competition regulator is facing court scrutiny over its handling of leniency and a rarely used price-redetermination remedy in separate food-cartel appeals. TS Corporation is challenging the Korea Fair Trade Commission’s decision to deny it immunity as the first leniency applicant in a sugar cartel, while Samyang Corporation is challenging a flour-cartel order requiring it to redetermine prices.South Korea’s competition regulator is facing court scrutiny over its handling of leniency and a price-redetermination order in separate sugar and flour cartel cases involving two of the country’s leading producers....
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