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Platforms’ small-business dealings will be targeted by new rules, South Korean official says

By Wooyoung Lee ( September 9, 2020, 06:35 GMT | Insight) -- The relationship between small businesses and online platforms including Naver, Kakao and Coupang will be the target of new legislation to be proposed and announced by South Korea’s competition regulator later this month, a top official has revealed. On Tuesday, Korea Fair Trade Commission Chairwoman Joh Sung-wook said the platform fairness law would be put forward this month and her agency’s objective was to see the bill passed by the National Assembly by the first half of next year. The relationship between South Korean small businesses and online platforms including Naver, Kakao and Coupang will be the target of new legislation to be proposed and announced by the country’s competition regulator later this month, a top official has revealed....

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