SOUTH KOREA TO INVESTIGATE GOOGLE AGAINST ANTI COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR

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The probe opens another regulatory front for Google.
South Korea’s antitrust regulator said on Friday it is looking into whether Google  GOOG -0.21%  has violated the country’s anti-competition laws, acknowledging formal scrutiny of the global internet search company for the first time.

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) disclosed the investigation in a brief statement, without commenting on the nature of the probe nor any potential antitrust violations. A person familiar with the matter told Reuters last month the KFTC inspected Google‘s Seoul headquarters in July.

The antitrust body’s statement came after a local media report said the KFTC had decided to clear Google of anti-competition charges involving the pre-loading of the company’s apps on smartphones running on the Android operating system
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