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KFTC readies AI-era antitrust overhaul

SEJONG — The Korea Fair Trade Commission will execute one of its biggest organizational expansions in years, signaling a tougher and more data-driven antitrust push under the Lee Jae Myung administration, KTFC Chair Ju Biung-ghi announced Tuesday. The KFTC plans to add 237 officials and establish new investigation and economic analysis units to better handle increasingly complex cases involving online platforms, consumer cartels and large conglomerates. The overhaul comes as the regulator faces