Kim Jong-cheol (김종철), chair of the Broadcasting Media and Communications Commission, poses for a photo after a meeting on April 1 at the Government Complex Gwacheon with Wilson White, Google's vice president in charge of global public policy, and Kara Bailey, vice president in charge of Android ecosystem strategy. [Photo: Bamwit]

Google headquarters executives directly briefed the South Korean government on plans to cut payment fees for the Google Play app market.

The Broadcasting Media and Communications Commission (Bamwit) said Wilson White (윌슨 화이트), Google's vice president in charge of global public policy, and Kara Bailey (카라 베일리), Google's vice president in charge of Android ecosystem strategy, visited the Government Complex Gwacheon on April 1 and met with Bamwit Chair Kim Jong-cheol (김종철).

Google explained the rationale and key details of global policy changes to Google Play announced in March, including allowing external payments and lowering commission rates, and discussed the timing for applying the changes in South Korea.

Kim said Google's positive changes were expected to bring tangible change to the app market ecosystem. He asked Google to work to bring forward the domestic rollout scheduled for December, taking into account burdens on app developers. He also urged it to prepare measures for mutual growth for small and mid-sized domestic developers and the overall app market ecosystem.

Google said it would make active efforts.

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