[2022 National Audit] Han Ki-jung, Fair Trade Commission Chairman, "Won't Oppose Onple Act if Agreed by National Assembly"

Han Ki-jung, nominee for Chairman of the Fair Trade Commission, is attending the confirmation hearing held at the National Assembly on the 2nd. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Han Ki-jung, Chairman of the Fair Trade Commission, stated on the 7th that he would not oppose if the National Assembly agrees to enact the Online Platform Fairness Act (Onple Law).

At the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee audit on the same day, when Kang Byung-won, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, asked, "If the Political Affairs Committee unites to pass the bill, would you oppose it?" Chairman Han replied, "I would not oppose."

When asked whether he hopes the Onple Law will pass or be automatically discarded, he avoided a direct answer but said he would comply if it is discussed in the National Assembly.

The Fair Trade Commission submitted a bill to the National Assembly last January during the Moon Jae-in administration, mandating platform operators to provide contracts containing transaction conditions and product exposure criteria of intermediary services to tenant businesses, and defining unfair trade practices such as forced purchases, management interference, provision of disadvantages, and unfair damage transfer as punishable offenses under the Onple Law.

Under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, the approach shifted towards promoting self-regulation instead of enacting the law, but the Democratic Party plans to push for the enactment of the Onple Law as one of the 22nd regular session's livelihood legislative tasks.

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