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South Korea: Rumors fly that Google case may soon be abandoned

By  |  May 6, 2013

An antitrust case against Google Inc., which is currently facing various federal lawsuits around the globe, may soon be dropped in South Korea, according to national news reports. The case centers on Google’s practice of pre-loading its Android smartphones with Google’s search engine, argued as anticompetitive. But the nation’s Fair Trade Commission is reportedly in its final stages of a probe into the matter, which has endured for two years, and may soon drop its charges against the search engine company. Reports did not specify when charges may be dropped.

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