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South Korea seeks to close regulatory gap as AI partnerships blur merger boundaries

By Jenny Lee ( February 27, 2025, 08:22 GMT | Insight) -- The Korea Fair Trade Commission is currently soliciting proposals for a study, slated to run from April to October, that will examine whether existing merger regulations adequately capture emerging partnership structures in artificial intelligence and other emerging tech industries. The focus will be on arrangements that, while not meeting conventional merger-notification thresholds, still grant companies substantial influence over their counterparts’ operations, potentially distorting market competition.South Korea’s competition watchdog is ramping up efforts to close regulatory loopholes in artificial intelligence and other emerging tech industries, launching a sweeping review of corporate consolidation practices that potentially circumvent existing merger rules....

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