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South Korea moves to expand KFTC digital-forensics capacity for data-heavy cases

By Jenny Lee ( November 10, 2025, 04:16 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea’s competition watchdog will more than double the size of its digital-forensics unit from the current 14 investigators, a step that points to tighter scrutiny of online platforms and other data-intensive markets. Materials recently filed with the National Assembly’s Special Committee on Budget and Accounts outline a new investigative-support program for the Korea Fair Trade Commission that includes these details, with funding of roughly 1.9 billion won ($1.2 million), MLex understands.South Korea’s competition watchdog will more than double the size of its digital-forensics unit from the current 14 investigators, a step that points to tighter scrutiny of online platforms and other data-intensive markets....

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