Korean fair trade watchdog slaps Trip.com with 10 million won fine for e-commerce law violations

Watchdog slaps fines on Trip.com on e-commerce law violations - The Korea Times

South Korea's FTC fined Trip.com $6,630 for issuing airline vouchers instead of cash refunds in 13,010 cases, violating e-commerce consumer protection law. Cross-border OTAs cannot delegate refund policy to airlines—local consumer protection law overrides vendor rules, with unregistered market operation as a compounding violation.