Antitrust tracker
Every Antitrust development in Korean, Chinese and Japanese industry that East Asia Brief has logged — with dates, the companies exposed, and a link to the primary document where one exists.
| Date | Development | Where | Companies exposed | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD Hyundai Marine Solution Buys Goltens for $247.5 Million The cash purchase gives the Korean ship servicer 28 global repair hubs and multi-brand engine overhaul capacity ahead of a… | Korea | HD Hyundai Marine Solution, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries | medium | mk.co.kr | |
| South Korea court cuts Hanwha Ocean antitrust fine to $560,000 The Supreme Court finalized a ruling reducing a 15.3 billion won penalty by 95% after rejecting antitrust claims over canceled… | Korea | Hanwha Ocean, Samsung Heavy Industries | high | ftc.go.kr | |
| Kioxia Rejects SK hynix Flash Alliance to Guard SanDisk Ties Chief Executive Hiroo Ota ruled out three-way manufacturing talks, citing antitrust barriers and an existing $31 billion… | Japan | Kioxia Holdings, SK hynix, SanDisk, Toshiba | medium | newspim.com | |
| China polysilicon cash costs diverge across regional power grids under new price rules Tariff spreads between northern coal-fired baseloads and southwestern hydro grids create a 25 percent operating cost gap for top… | China | Tongwei, Daqo New Energy, Xinte Energy, GCL Technology | high | sec.gov | |
| Korea FTC Targets NXP and Analog Devices Over Chip Distribution Pricing Controls Antitrust examiners initiate formal proceedings over Ship and Debit margin caps and client allocation in non-memory component… | Korea | NXP Semiconductors, Analog Devices | high | ftc.go.kr | |
| China Antimonopoly Review Imposes Harsher Operational Remedies on Automation Mergers State regulators use conditional merger approvals to secure domestic supply guarantees and intellectual property access across… | China | Schneider Electric, Siemens, ABB, Rockwell Automation | — | — | |
| KFTC opens supply contract probe into tier-one robotics and battery parts South Korea's antitrust regulator targets unfair price cuts and compulsory technical data disclosures between manufacturing… | Korea | Harmonic Drive Systems | — | — |
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This tracker is built from East Asia Brief briefings and updates as we publish. Where a briefing rests on a document we can link, the source column points at that document, not at our coverage of it. Confidence grades are explained on our methodology page. Something missing? Tell us.