South Korea fines Coupang $220 million for abusing dominance in food delivery market


Coupang logo is seen in this illustration taken February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

SEOUL, Nov ⁠9 (Reuters) - South Korea's ⁠antitrust regulator said on ‌Monday it was imposing a 300.8 billion won ($220.59 million) ​fine on e-commerce ⁠firm Coupang ⁠for abusing its dominant position ⁠in ‌the food delivery market.

The ⁠Korea Fair Trade Commission said ​Coupang ‌required merchants to match ⁠favourable ​terms offered on rival platforms and penalised ⁠those that failed to ​comply, restricting competition in the delivery app sector.

The ⁠regulator said the practices harmed merchants' ability to set prices and ​other ⁠trading conditions independently and ​impeded rivals' business ‌activities.

($1 = 1,363.6400 won)

(Reporting ​by Kyu-seok ShimEditing by Ed Davies)

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