Apple "disagrees" with the 20.8 billion won fine... response review

Regrettable about in-app payment sanctions imposed by the U.S. Unification Committee... Claims that “change measures are in compliance with Korean law”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Hyeong-bin = Apple expressed regret over the Korea Media and Communications Commission's imposition of a fine of 20.8 billion won on the 28th for unfair practices such as forcing in-app purchases, saying, "We regret the decision and do not agree with it."

Apple claimed, "In the past year alone, the App Store ecosystem generated developers' billing and sales amounting to 38.1 trillion won, more than 90% of which was entirely accrued to developers without any fees to Apple."

He added, “Apple believes that the change measures taken so far are in compliance with the Telecommunications Business Act,” and added, “We are reviewing future response plans based on Korean law.”

Previously, the United States Unification Committee held its 46th general meeting at the Gwacheon Government Complex on this day and decided to impose a fine of 63.71 billion won along with a corrective order on Google and Apple for violating the Telecommunications Business Act, such as forcing a specific payment method.

The fine for each business operator is 42.9 billion won for Google and 20.81 billion won for Apple.