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KCC fines Google and Apple KRW 63.7B over payments

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026, 15:25 UTC · How we work

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Summary

The Korea Media and Communications Commission fined Google and Apple for forced in-app payment practices.
It imposed KRW 42.9 billion on Google and KRW 20.81 billion on Apple, totaling KRW 63.71 billion.
Both firms must stop the prohibited in-app payment practices.
They must submit corrective action plans within one month and complete improvements within three months.
Apple and Google disagree with the decision and will review how to respond.

History

The EU’s competition policy, which blocked the GE-Honeywell merger in 2001 and later fined Microsoft, enabled the 2014 Commission to levy a €2.42 billion penalty on Google for tying its Search and Chrome apps to Android. A decade later, South Korea’s Korea Media and Communications Commission imposed a KRW 63.71 billion fine on Google and Apple, showing a global wave of platform-competition enforcement.

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Historical Context

The EU’s competition policy, which blocked the GE-Honeywell merger in 2001 and later fined Microsoft, enabled the 2014 Commission to levy a €2.42 billion penalty on Google for tying its Search and Chrome apps to Android. A decade later, South Korea’s Korea Media and Communications Commission imposed a KRW 63.71 billion fine on Google and Apple, showing a global wave of platform-competition enforcement.

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