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Let them make cake. The Korean conglomerates versus the mom and pop bakeries.
Painting by American artist Wayne Thiebaud, who is famous for his work featuring cakes and pastries. Over the last few weeks, there has been a furor over chaebol (large Korean conglomerates like...
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KFTC orders Korean Air to stop colluding with Mongolian officials.
Korean Air has turned its back on and dismissed the allegations. The Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has ordered Korean Air to stop colluding with Mongolian officials to allow only two airlines to...
View ArticleNow that the duties are gone, the KFTC is watching.
As we all know by now, Korea has executed free trade agreements with the United States and the European Union. Well, there have been complaints that, despite the removal of duties on thousands of...
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The KFTC investigates Blizzard again. The devil made them do it.
William Blake, "Satan Arousing the Rebel Angels," Paradise Lost Illustrated, 1808 For those of you who do not know, Blizzard Entertainment is one of the world’s most successful video game companies....
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Phillips fined by the KFTC.
The KFTC's eye never sleeps. As I mentioned before, the Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has been keeping its rather large eye on European and American companies since the implementation of the free...
View ArticleKPOP vs. KFTC
Six online “shopping malls” (online clothing retail websites) run by Korean celebrities have been fined about 38 million KRW by the Korean Fair Trade Commission. The stars reportedly did things like...
View ArticleTit for tat. KFTC to start investigation of foreign firms for “patent abuse.”
Six days after the Apple v. Samsung ruling in the U.S. comes this. The Korea Fair Trade Commission announced a new campaign to crackdown on vexatious litigation and exploitative licensing fees by...
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Coffee wars: KFTC bans new shops
Not too many people in Korea make coffee at home in this manner. If they make it home at all they usually use a tube filled with a coffee mix that they pour into a cup of hot water. Most young people...
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Jampong post: the public transportation edition. Taxi drivers, burned buses,...
Jampong is a spicy Korean soup dish with seafood and noodles. Because it is made of a little of this and a little of that, the word also refers to something that is a mixture of many things. Sadly,...
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Good bye (for now) from Korea Law Today
You have not heard from me for awhile now. And sadly, you are not likely to hear from me for some time to come. I have decided to take a rest from blogging. It is not that I don’t enjoy it. Writing...
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