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South Korea antitrust chief urges caution on easing of financial-industrial separation rule

By Wooyoung Lee ( October 28, 2025, 08:36 GMT | Insight) -- Discussions over easing South Korea’s long-standing rules separating industrial and financial capital should proceed with caution, the country’s top competition chief said, warning that any relaxation must not fuel monopolistic power or economic concentration among large conglomerates. South Korea's antitrust regulator is consulting with other ministries on measures to boost investment in advanced strategic industries such as artificial intelligence, including the possible easing of the separation rule for AI projects, following an instruction from President Lee Jae Myung.Discussions over easing South Korea’s long-standing rules separating industrial and financial capital should proceed with caution, the country’s top competition chief said, warning that any relaxation must not fuel monopolistic power or economic concentration among large conglomerates....

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