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South Korea's antitrust watchdog set to undergo largest expansion in decades

By Wooyoung Lee ( November 23, 2025, 03:00 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea’s competition regulator is set to undergo its largest organizational expansion in decades, with plans to add 167 staff and create a new bureau and a regional office. The Korea Fair Trade Commission plans to bolster its digital-forensics, cartel and monopoly enforcement functions and to expand its decision-making committee for the first time in 28 years. The agency's new chief, Ju Biung-ghi, said the regulator plans to carry out organizational restructuring as soon as the National Assembly approves its 2026 budget. South Korea’s competition regulator plans to add 167 staff across its investigation, deliberation and data-analysis divisions, strengthening enforcement capacity across the organization and expanding its decision-making committee to handle a growing number of cases....

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