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Penalties for Restaurant No-Shows Quadrupled Under New FTC Guidelines

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The ceiling for no-show penalties at reservation-based fine dining restaurants will be raised to 40 percent of the preordered menu, the antitrust regulator said Thursday. From now on, advance reservation-based upscale restaurants, such as omakase establishments, will be allowed to charge a no-show fee of up to 40 percent [...]

Korea Weighs Tougher Penalties for Restaurant No-Shows in Bid to Rein in Dining-Culture Abuses

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – In South Korea, the seemingly harmless act of skipping a restaurant reservation may soon come with a much steeper price. The Fair Trade Commission announced Wednesday that it plans to raise cancellation fees for diners who fail to show up without notice—a move aimed at curbing what officials describe [...]