Company
Kakao
WatchPlatform group built on KakaoTalk, with listed subsidiaries in payments, banking, mobility, games and entertainment. The most frequent subject of Korean platform enforcement.
Standing view
The desk's standing view: Kakao matters to the corridor as a regulatory case study more than as a partner. The Korea Fair Trade Commission's actions against its group companies show which platform conduct draws penalties in Korea and how the sanctions are sized.
European platforms and the funds that back them should read the Kakao file before assuming Korea's rules mirror the EU's Digital Markets Act. They overlap in aim and diverge in mechanism.
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