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South Korean watchdog moves on streaming, food as consumer-price concerns mount

By Jenny Lee ( February 20, 2026, 08:23 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea’s competition watchdog is training its sights on some of the most politically sensitive price tags in daily life, putting streaming subscriptions, movie tickets, cooking oil and ice cream at the front of a new study that will test whether concentrated market structures are helping keep prices high. The Korea Fair Trade Commission has begun soliciting bids for a six-month study, tasking outside researchers with a deep dive into market conditions, cost structures and price trends in categories where price hikes are often criticized as excessive relative to cost increases, or where prices are seen as remaining elevated even after costs fall.South Korea’s competition watchdog is training its sights on some of the most politically sensitive price tags in daily life, putting streaming subscriptions, movie tickets, cooking oil and ice cream at the front of a new study that will test whether concentrated market structures are helping keep prices high....

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