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Naver secures top-court reversal on South Korea self-preferencing ruling

By Jenny Lee ( October 16, 2025, 03:08 GMT | Insight) -- South Korean search giant Naver won a major legal victory on Thursday after the country's top court reversed a lower court ruling that had upheld a 26.6 billion won ($18.7 million) antitrust fine against the company, ordering the case to be reconsidered. The Supreme Court of Korea’s reverse-and-remand decision overturns a Seoul High Court ruling that had sided with the Korea Fair Trade Commission, which alleged Naver manipulated its search algorithms to favor its own online-shopping service over competing online marketplaces in what amounted to self-preferencing conduct.South Korean search giant Naver won a major legal victory on Thursday after the country's top court reversed a lower court ruling that had upheld a 26.6 billion won ($18.7 million) antitrust fine against the company, ordering the case to be reconsidered....

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