South Korean egg producers association faces price-fixing fine
By Wooyoung Lee ( May 14, 2026, 07:21 GMT | Insight) -- The South Korean egg producers association has been fined 594 million won ($398,187) by the country’s competition regulator for fixing egg prices in a scheme that the regulator said contributed to recent increases in egg prices. The Korea Egg Producers Association, representing about 580 egg farmers in South Korea, accounting for more than half of eggs sold in the local market, coordinated egg prices and restricted price competition among member farmers for three years. ...
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