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South Korean builders face KFTC hearing over safety-liability clauses

By Jenny Lee ( February 25, 2026, 04:07 GMT | Insight) -- Four South Korean builders have been sent to deliberation at the country’s competition watchdog over subcontract clauses that allegedly shifted industrial-safety costs and liabilities onto smaller partners, as the watchdog steps up scrutiny of safety practices in the construction sector. The Korea Fair Trade Commission said Wednesday it had delivered an examiner’s report to the four companies, including POSCO E&C, KR Industrial, Dasan Engineering and NC Construction, and submitted the case to commissioners for deliberation, formally opening proceedings under the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act. Four South Korean builders have been sent to deliberation at the country’s competition watchdog over subcontract clauses that allegedly shifted industrial-safety costs and liabilities onto smaller partners, as the watchdog steps up scrutiny of safety practices in the construction sector....

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