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  1. 2021

    South Korean FTC fines five Samsung affiliates over cafeteria business

    Fine or penalty

    South Korea's Fair Trade Commission fined Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung SDI and Welstory a total of 234.9 billion won over allegedly unfair internal trading involving an in-house cafeteria business. Samsung called the decision regretful and argued that its employee-welfare efforts had been misread as unfair business support.

    Company response

    • Denial — Samsung

      In a statement, Samsung called the FTC's decision “regretful,” arguing the firm's efforts for the well-being of its employees has been “misread as unfair business support.”

    Source excerpt

    • The antitrust watchdog said it will file complaints with the prosecution against Samsung Electronics and Choi.
    • The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) fined five major affiliates of Samsung nearly 235 billion won in total, Thursday, for their allegedly unfair internal trading involving an in-house cafeteria business.
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