Pengsoo, Dantongbeop, Google, 5G... This Year's Science and ICT Committee Audit Issues
[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] This year's National Assembly Science, Technology, Broadcasting and Communications Committee audit is expected to focus on key issues such as Google's in-app payment, 5G, and the Device Distribution Act. The opposition party's request for the attendance of Pengsoo as a reference witness is being withdrawn by the ruling party, so it may end as a mere incident.
According to the industry on the 3rd, the Science, Technology, Broadcasting and Communications Committee audit will be held from the 15th. First, the overseas company representatives requested to attend the audit on the 15th include ▲ Nancy Mable Walker, CEO of Google Korea (witness), and Jinwook Kim, lawyer at Juwon Law Firm (reference witness) during the Ministry of Science and ICT audit on the 7th, and ▲ Reginald Sean Thompson, CEO of Netflix Service Korea, during the Korea Communications Commission audit on the 8th.
If they attend the audit, issues such as Google's forced in-app payment, commission rate increases, the Netflix law, and the cost of using free networks will be intensively addressed.
From the telecommunications companies, Yoo Sang-young, SK Telecom MNO Business Head, Kang Guk-hyun, KT Customer Division Head, Hwang Hyun-sik, LG Uplus President (witnesses), and Lee Tae-hyun, CEO of Wavve, Jeong Jong-chae, lawyer at SN Law Firm, Lee Jae-hwan, CEO of One Store, and Jeong Jin-su, Vice President of NCSoft (reference witnesses) have also been summoned as witnesses and reference witnesses.
The National Assembly is expected to focus its questions on the Device Distribution Act, the complete self-supply system, and 5G investment issues with the telecommunications companies.
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In addition, ▲ on the 15th during the KBS·EBS audit, the Pengsoo character actor (reference witness), and ▲ on the 20th during the audit of 53 institutions including the National Research Foundation, Kim Jeong-ho, Director of the Science and Technology Strategy Center at KAIST (reference witness), have also been confirmed.
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