S. Korea to review app market fees over Google policy concerns

Seoul: South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT said on Wednesday that it will survey local app developers over fees levied by mobile app market platform operators amid concerns surrounding potential changes to Google’s platform payment policy.

According to the ICT ministry, Google currently requires local game apps on its platform to use its in-app payment system, which takes a 30 percent cut for digital content purchases, reports Yonhap news agency.

The US tech giant is expected to expand the requirement to all digital content apps.