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Lee Jin-sook says Google in-app fee damage estimated at 8 trillion won, to raise responsibility at audit

A South Korean lawmaker said the domestic games industry suffered more than 8 trillion won in damage over the past decade from Google’s in-app payment fees. Lee Jin-sook (이진숙) said an analysis of game companies’ results estimated 5.9621 trillion won in fees above a 10 percent “appropriate” level among five major publishers, and combined that with about $1.6 billion in claims by smaller firms. She also raised the issue of network usage payments and said she will question Google Korea’s head at a parliamentary audit.