Korea Fair Trade Commission announces plans to amend regulations to prevent companies from evading field investigations, signaling tougher enforcement; Coupang and Hanwha cited as examples.

- Coupang and Hanwha resisted field investigations, prompting the plan to tighten rules to prevent evasion.
- The agency aims to raise sanctions for dodging investigations and to revise internal rules.
- A focused investigative planning unit will be relaunched next month after 21 years, to scrutinize consumer-life sectors.
- The agency will pursue business suspensions for repeat cartels in 20 industries, including transport, safety and environment.

