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A sign is seen at the entrance to the Google retail store in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City on June 17. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Google payment commission flimflam a 'slap in the face'

Google's answer to the “Anti-Google” law did little to quell discontent. Developers say that the offer from the operator of Google Play is not attractive at all and can really not be taken seriously, their representatives calling it a “slap ...

2021.11.10

A view of a Google sign on the company's campus in Mountain View, California, on Oct. 25. [EPA/YONHAP]

Google gives in on in-app payment systems

Google will allow third-party in-app payment systems for Korean mobile apps but still charge a commission, although it will be lower, the U.S. tech company said on Thursday. This is the first time Google has changed its payment policy for a ...

2021.11.4

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'Anti-Google law' is pro-Kakao and Naver as big fees avoided

The “Anti-Google law” is a big win for big tech in Korea, which is set to save about 500 billion won ($433 million) in fees a year it would have paid to Google and Apple. Under the law, which is actually an amendment of an existing law ...

2021.9.4

National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong -seug, center, poses with floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday to review the schedule for the plenary session at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul. [YONHAP]

'Anti-Google law' up for vote at National Assembly this week

The "Anti-Google law" is just one vote from becoming a law and making Korea the first country in the world to force the unbundling of billing and in-app purchases.

2021.8.25

Mark Buse poses for a picture at the National Assembly in southern Seoul after the meeting on the proposed revision to the Telecommunications Business Act, nicknamed the Anti-Google law. [YOON SO-YEON]

'Anti-Google law' strongly supported by a U.S. business group

Korea’s Anti-Google law is vital and inevitable and will lead to other countries soon following, said Mark Buse, senior vice president of Dallas-based Match Group and also a founding member of the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF). Buse visited ...

2021.8.3

Google app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

'Anti-Google' law stalled in committee on a technicality

The Legislation and Judiciary Committee did not take up a bill revising the Telecommunications Business Act in its Thursday meeting, meaning that it will be at least another month before the "Anti-Google law" goes to a National Assembly's ...

2021.7.23

A revision to the Telecommunications Business Act passed the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

'Anti-Google law' makes progress through Assembly

Korean lawmakers took a major step to counter Google's charging of a commission on all in-app purchases by pushing a bill dubbed the "Anti-Google law." A proposed revision to the Telecommunications Business Act passed the Science, ICT ...

2021.7.21

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'Anti-Google law' is pro-Kakao and Naver as big fees avoided

'Anti-Google law' up for vote at National Assembly this week

'Anti-Google law' strongly supported by a U.S. business group

'Anti-Google' law stalled in committee on a technicality

'Anti-Google law' makes progress through Assembly