South Korea fines Google and Apple $47.6 million over app store practices

South Korea's media regulator has fined Google 42.9 billion won and Apple 20.8 billion won, a combined $47.6 million, for forcing developers onto their own in-app payment systems and unfairly delaying app reviews, breaching a 2021 law. Both must now allow external payment links inside apps. The firms had charged a 26% commission on third-party payments.