Coupang’s fight with South Korean regulator draws bipartisan rebuke in parliament
By Jenny Lee ( October 12, 2026, 05:44 GMT | Insight) -- Coupang’s mounting legal challenges to South Korea’s antitrust investigations have drawn criticism from lawmakers across the political divide, who are now weighing a joint parliamentary response and possible legislation to protect the investigative powers of the Korea Fair Trade Commission.Coupang’s mounting legal challenges to South Korea’s antitrust investigations have drawn criticism from lawmakers across the political divide, who are now weighing a joint parliamentary response and possible legislation to protect the investigative powers of the Korea Fair Trade Commission, or KFTC....
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