The National Assembly's Legislative Research Service has expressed its opinion that Google's policy to force in-app payments violates prohibited acts under the current law. The Legislative Research Service believes that 1. setting up a high fee for third-party payments in in-app payments, 2. banning external app payments, and 3. banning

"It is regrettable that the fire broke out on October 15 and caused inconvenience to the public," Science and ICT Minister Lee Jong-ho said in an emergency report on the National Assembly's National Science and Technology Information and Communications Commission's National Audit held at the Science and Culture Center of

Despite the plunge in Luna and Terra, the crypto exchange collected more than 10 billion won in fees. According to data received by Yoon Young-deok (Democratic Party), a member of the National Policy Committee of the Korean National Assembly, from a joint consultative body of digital asset exchanges consisting of

The market capitalization of crypto assets traded in Korea plunged nearly 60% in six months to 23 trillion won from 55 as of the end of June. The slowdown in the crypto asset market is attributed to a contraction in the real economy due to global interest rate hikes, inflation,

The "Safari Zone: Goyang," a live event of "Pokemon Go" held by Niantic at Ilsan Lake Park, attracted a large crowd over the weekend. The event was held around Lake Park where users of Niantic's augmented reality (AR) game "Pokemon Go" can interact with each other and enjoy the game.

Conflicts between content providers (CPs) and internet service providers (ISPs) are deepening over the payment of Internet network usage fees. Domestic ISPs and large global CPs such as Youtube and Netflix are sharply at odds over the payment of network usage fees. The CPs argue that the demand for payment

The demand for safe conversion loans is low due to the lack of significant interest rate advantages compared to the already high interest rates. Safe conversion loans are products that convert variable-rate mortgage loans held by ordinary people and real owners into long-term and fixed interest rates at a minimum

Korea has not been able to use Apple Pay. It has been confirmed that Apple has recently added contents related to Apple Pay as it revised its Korean domestic terms and conditions. Details related to Apple Pay, such as taxes, payments, and claims, have newly appeared in the terms and

Google and Meta, which collected personal information without user consent In order to use it for customized advertisements, were fined 100 billion won. The Personal Information Protection Committee held the 15th plenary session and imposed fines of 69.2 billion won on Google and 30.8 billion won on Meta

Hyundai Motor and KT will exchange 7.7% of KT's treasury shares with 1.04% of Hyundai Motor's stake and 1.46% of Hyundai Mobis's. In addition, the two companies will expand the area of long-term joint research and business partnership on advanced technologies. The plan is to jointly develop

The Alyak security program is widely used in Korea, but it has been experiencing problems lately. There was an error in the update that caused some programs to be recognized as ransomware and blocked. East Security, the company that developed Alyak, is working on identifying the cause of the error

Angry users of "Umamusume" staged a "horse wagon carriage" protest to stop service discrimination. The protestors seem to be angry about the discrimination of service between the Japanese and Korean versions of the game. It is insightful that they are using a creative method to protest, by using a horse

Monthly Facebook users in Korea have decreased by 25% in the past two years. According to IGAWorks' big data analysis solution, Mobile Index, the number of monthly active users, MAU, using Facebook at Google Play Store and Apple App Store last month was 1,196,919. It has decreased by

The South Korean OTT industry is currently in a period of change and transformation. The recent news of the merger between TVing and KT's Seezn platform is indicative of this change. There are several possible reasons for this change, including the need for better performance in the face of worsening