(3rd LD) Coupang's U.S. investors notify Korea of intent to file arbitration claims, request U.S. gov't probe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "As Coupang took increasing market share from Korean and Chinese competitors, enforcement actions across the Korea Fair Trade Commission, National Tax Service, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Financial Supervisory Service, and others increased, resulting in hundreds of audits, inspections, and raids and more penalties against Coupang than any other company in Korean history," they said in a joint press release.
48% : In a notice addressed to President Lee Jae Myung and Chung Hong-sik, the deputy minister for international legal affairs at Seoul's justice ministry, the U.S. investors expressed their intent to file arbitration claims under the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement.
37% : " They also claimed that the Seoul government's "targeted and hostile interference" over the data breach has led to billions of dollars in lost market capitalization.

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