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South Korea's broadcasting and telecommunications regulator (방송미디어통신위원회) on Oct. 28 imposed a combined 63.7 billion won ($47.6 million) in fines on Google and Apple for forcing app developers to use their in-app payment systems. Google was fined 42.9 billion won and Apple 20.81 billion won, marking the first such penalty since the regulator notified the companies of its action in October 2023. The regulator also ordered the companies to change their payment policies to allow developers to direct users to external payment sites. Yonhap and Korea Times report the fines as the first of their kind, while Kyunghyang and Dong-A Ilbo detail the amounts and the requirement for policy changes.