[Economy 365]
Apple Korea headquarters investigated the allegations that the Fair Trade Commission overcharged in-app payment fees.
The Market Surveillance Bureau of the Fair Trade Commission sent an investigator to Apple Korea in Gangnam-gu, Seoul yesterday (26th) to conduct an on-site investigation.
Earlier, the Mobile Game Association reported to the Fair Trade Commission that Apple took about 350 billion won more from developers by unfairly calculating in-app payment fees.
The association claimed that although Apple's in-app payment fee rate that Apple should receive from developers is 30%, it was calculated by adding 10% of VAT as sales and actually took 33% of it.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) lowered Korea's economic growth forecast for next year by 0.3 percentage points to 2.2% from the previous 2.5%.
This is lower than the government's forecast of 2.5% and the Asian Development Bank's 2.3%, and higher than the Bank of Korea's forecast of 2.1%.
The inflation forecast for next year has been raised by 0.1 percentage point to 3.9% from the previous 3.8%.
“Global economic growth has stagnated due to rising energy and food prices due to the prolonged war in Ukraine, and economic recovery is expected to be delayed for a considerable period due to monetary tightening in major countries,” the OECD said. It looks like it will,” he explained.
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Samyang Foods announced that it will raise the prices of three convenience stores by 15.3% starting next month in response to the increase in raw and subsidiary material prices.
They explained that they are not raising prices for their flagship products, such as Samyang Ramen and Buldak Fried Noodles, but are struggling to raise them.
Earlier, major ramen makers such as Nongshim and Paldo Ottogi raised their prices one after another.