Gov't retorts unfair treatment against Coupang in reply to U.S. lawmakers' letter

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Gov't retorts unfair treatment against Coupang in reply to U.S. lawmakers' letter

SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Embassy in the United States has replied to a letter from U.S. Republican lawmakers taking issue with what they described as discriminatory regulations against e-commerce giant Coupang and other American companies, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.

Late last month, 54 Republican members of the U.S. House affiliated with the Republican Study Committee (RSC) released a letter they sent to South Korean Ambassador to the United States Kang Kyung-wha, in which they urged Seoul to halt what they called unfair treatment of U.S. firms, including Coupang.

Seoul's foreign ministry said the embassy sent a reply under Kang's name, stressing that investigations and measures related to Coupang are being conducted in a "fair" and "non-discriminatory" way in accordance with relevant domestic laws and regulations.

"The government will continue to follow a non-discriminatory policy toward U.S. digital firms, including Coupang, and explain its position to the U.S. Congress," a foreign ministry official said.

Seoul and Washington have been at odds over what some in the United States view as unfair treatment of the U.S.-listed e-commerce giant currently under probe in Seoul over its massive breach of personal information involving more than 33 million users.

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