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Where?
by authority- Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) €11m 100 % · 2 cases
What for?
by action- Fine €11m 100 % · 2 cases
Who?
by sectorAll sectors
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | €10m |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | €954,488 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
2 cases
12 Aug 2025 Nol Universe Co., Ltd. (Yanolja), Yeogi Eottae CompanyBooking platforms Yanolja and Yeogi Eottae let prepaid discount coupons expire €954,488
The two leading accommodation booking platforms sold small and medium-sized lodging businesses advertising packages whose price included discount coupons for guests, and let unused coupons expire without compensation (Yanolja at the end of the contract period, Yeogi Eottae through a validity of only one day). The KFTC (Korea Fair Trade Commission, Korea's competition authority) treated this as an abuse of a superior bargaining position, issued corrective and notification orders and imposed fines totalling KRW 1,540 million: KRW 540 million on Nol Universe (Yanolja) and KRW 1,000 million, the statutory maximum fixed-amount fine, on Yeogi Eottae.
Platforms must not devalue services that partners have already paid for through unilateral expiry rules.
Fair terms towards dependent business partners on platforms
- Authority / court
- Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 45 Abs. 1 Nr. 6 MRFTA i. V. m. Art. 52 und Anhang 2 Nr. 6 lit. d Durchführungsverordnung (Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 12 Aug 2025
Original amount 1,540,000,000 KRW, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Aug 2025.
- KFTC press release (EN), 13 Aug 2025: KFTC Sanctions Yanolja and Yeogi Eottae for Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position Press release of an authority
- KFTC-Pressemitteilung (KO), 12.08.2025: 2개 숙박앱 사업자의 거래상지위 남용행위 제재 Press release of an authority
- KFTC-Pressemitteilung (KO, PDF) mit Rechtsgrundlage und Maßnahmen je Unternehmen Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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17 Dec 2024 Kakao Mobility Inc.Kakao Mobility blocked drivers of rival taxi services: KRW 15.1bn fine €10m
According to the KFTC (Korea Fair Trade Commission, Korea's competition authority), Kakao Mobility, dominant in app-based general taxi hailing with a 96% share (2022), required four competing franchise taxi operators (UT, TADA, Banban, Macaron Taxi) to sign partnership agreements granting real-time access to business-sensitive data and otherwise excluded their drivers from general hailing via Kakao T. Following its plenary deliberation on 25 September 2024, the KFTC ordered remedies and announced a provisional fine of KRW 72.4 billion; after the Securities and Futures Commission had determined that revenue must be recognised on a net basis, it announced on 17 December 2024 that the fine had been finally set at KRW 15.1 billion.
A dominant platform must not make access to its core service conditional on competitors handing over sensitive business data.
Self-preferencing and exclusion of competitors by platforms
- Authority / court
- Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 5 Abs. 1 Nr. 3 und Art. 45 Abs. 1 Nr. 6 MRFTA (Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Published
- 17 Dec 2024
Original amount 15,100,000,000 KRW, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Dec 2024.
- KFTC press release (EN), 2 Oct 2024: KFTC Sanctions Kakao Mobility for Abuse of Market Dominance (Scan) Press release of an authority
- KFTC-Pressemitteilung (KO), 02.10.2024: 카카오모빌리티의 시장지배적지위 남용행위 제재 Press release of an authority
- KFTC-Pressemitteilung (KO, PDF), 02.10.2024: Rechtsgrundlagen (공정거래법 제5조 제1항 제3호, 제45조 제1항 제6호) und Marktanteil Press release of an authority
- KFTC-Pressehinweis (KO), 17.12.2024: ㈜카카오모빌리티의 콜차단 시지남용 건, 과징금 확정 (151억 원) Press release of an authority
- KFTC-Pressehinweis (KO, PDF), 17.12.2024: endgültige Festsetzung der Geldbuße nach Nettomethode Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link