Fair Trade Commission (chairman Jeachan Jung, FTC) fines 3 big marts, Home-plus, E-mart and Lotte-mart of 23.89 billion (provisional) for violation large scale distribution act and issues correction order.
The local subsidiary of Danal in the USA (representative Byeong-u Choi) launches new service 'TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) mobile authentication', begins authentication in earnest.
Nongshim 'Baekdusan Baeksansu' recorded 9.1 billion won (by Nielsen Korea) for this year's first quarter sales which is 41.7 percent up compared to last year.