SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In response to regulatory moves in South Korean political and governmental circles that are focusing on Google Inc.’s commission policy, the U.S. tech giant is taking a two-track approach of seeking conciliatory dialogue and increasing pressure. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is known to have submitted an evaluation report [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. internet giant Google will have to submit a report on its service errors that caused inconvenience to Korean users under the revised telecommunication act, the Ministry of Science and ICT said Tuesday. Google suffered a global outage as its services, including Gmail, YouTube and Google Calendar, went down [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has signed a partnership with Google on smart home solutions as the South Korean tech giant tries to expand its presence in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector. Samsung said its IoT platform, SmartThings, will support Google Nest devices, including thermostats, cameras and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ceaseless efforts to support the use of “East Sea” to denote the body of water located to the east of the Korean peninsula seem to be treated with disrespect from Google Korea, with one of its local services making use of “Sea of Japan” to describe the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Google Inc. said Monday that it will postpone enforcing a 30 percent commission on in-app purchases of digital content from its Play Store from next January to next September. Under the new policy set to be adopted in late September, Google plans to take a 30 percent commission on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean lawmakers on Thursday called on Google to follow Apple Inc.’s move to lower its commission for app market purchases amid concerns of local app developers over high fees. Apple announced a day earlier it will reduce the standard commission on its App Store from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is flaring up over Google Inc.’s alleged profit-sharing collusion with local mobile carriers and smartphone makers. Rep. Yoon Young-chan of the ruling Democratic Party disclosed in the National Assembly’s parliamentary audit of the Ministry of Science and ICT held on Friday that Google, in collaboration with local mobile [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tax agency said Saturday it will consider imposing taxes on Google Inc.’s planned enforcement of a 30 percent commission on in-app purchases of digital content from its Play Store next year. In a written answer submitted to Rep. Kim Soo-hong of the ruling Democratic Party, the National [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of South Korea’s fair trade watchdog said Thursday her agency will review one of two ongoing probes into Google Inc.’s market competition violations. Since 2016, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has been investigating Google over allegations that it obstructed local smartphone makers from using operating systems [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has launched an antitrust investigation into Google over its plans to enforce commission fees for in-app purchases made through its mobile application store, a top official said Thursday. The U.S. tech giant has come under intense scrutiny from South Korean regulators after it updated its global policy [...]