South Korea's National Assembly Speaker strongly criticized U.S. Republicans for interfering in domestic economic affairs concerning the e-commerce giant Coupang. He dismissed claims that Seoul was unfairly targeting the US-based company.

National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik condemned US Republicans’ claim that South Korea was discriminating against e-commerce giant Coupang, calling it “interference in domestic affairs”. His remarks followed a letter sent by 54 US lawmakers in the Republican Study Committee to South Korean Ambassador to the United States Kang Kyung-wha, in which they claimed Seoul was taking discriminatory and unfair actions against the US-based company that is under police investigation and government scrutiny...