Korea Joongang Daily
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Interim Coupang CEO Rogers returns for second round of police questioning

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s anticorruption investigation unit summoned Harold Rogers, the interim CEO of Coupang, for a second round of questioning Friday afternoon.

2026-02-06

Police to question Coupang interim CEO Rogers over perjury allegations

Police will question Harold Rogers, Coupang's interim CEO, this week over perjury allegations related to his parliament testimony last December, officials with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

2026-02-05

Coupang admits to further data leak involving 165,000 user accounts

Coupang confirmed an additional personal information leak on Thursday involving around 165,000 user accounts.

2026-02-05

Gov't moves to abolish restrictions on overnight online deliveries by large offline retailers

The government is moving to abolish restrictions on overnight online orders and deliveries at large retail stores, arguing the current policy has allowed e-commerce platforms such as Coupang to benefit while offline retailers face tighter regulation.

2026-02-05

Former, current CEOs of Coupang affiliate indicted over alleged unpaid severance pay

A special counsel team has indicted the former and incumbent executives of a Coupang affiliate over allegations of unpaid severance pay owed to company employees, officials said Tuesday.

2026-02-03

Former Coupang CEO Park Dae-jun appears for police questioning on perjury allegations

Park Dae-jun, former Coupang CEO, appeared before police Tuesday over allegations of perjury at the National Assembly’s joint hearing on the e-commerce company's data leak incident last year.

2026-02-03

Coupang's sanitary pads sell out quickly amid heavy discounts

Coupang’s 99-won (7 cents) sanitary pads sold out after the equivalent of 50 days’ worth of inventory was exhausted since starting discount sales on Sunday.

2026-02-03

Ruling party halts launch of Coupang task force

The DP reportedly scrapped plans to expand its soon-to-be-launched task force targeting e-commerce company Coupang into a party-level response body.

2026-02-01

Coupang's Korean unit sent some 900 billion won in expenses to its U.S. headquarters in 2024

The Korean unit of online retailer Coupang transferred more than 900 billion won ($620 million) in expenses to its headquarters in the United States in 2024, according to an industry report analyzed by Yonhap News Agency on Sunday.

2026-02-01

Coupang interim chief questioned for 12 hours over data breach

The interim CEO of Coupang Korea underwent 12 hours of intensive police questioning over allegations of destruction of evidence linked to a massive data breach at the e-commerce company.

2026-01-31