Hello, welcome back. Great to be with you again. This is, of course, Mlex's podcast. I'm your host, James Panicki,

Mlex's Asia Pacific Senior Editor. And every week we bring you the top regulatory stories of the moment.

And this week is no exception.

In just over 10 minutes' time, we'll cross to Washington, D.C.

for the most recent moves by Congress in tackling foreign bribery and corruption.

There's a suite of proposals before lawmakers at the moment, and as our correspondent

Robert Thomason will tell us, these tough measures actually stand a reasonable chance of making it

through the sausage machine, a reminder of what can be achieved with bipartisan support.

But first up, the landmark decision by South Korea's competition regulator

to fine Google for abuse of dominance and for engaging in unfair trade practices against

phone makers and other smart device makers in the Android operating system market. Of course,

the tentative fine of $176 million imposed by the KFTC is loose change

for the search giant, but that's not the point. As our correspondent Wu Yong Li has argued in her

recent analysis, the penalty should be seen as a warning shot against digital platforms

over what the regulator sees as harm to innovation

for smart devices. And it's not just about phones. Wu Yong joins me now from Seoul. So

Wu Yong, firstly, what's this decision all about? Hello, Google was hit with the fine and corrective orders that will stop the company

forcing device makers and other tech platforms like Samsung Electronics, LG and Amazon

to sign this agreement called the anti-fragmentation agreement. This is now called Android compatibility commitment

because Google decided to change the name

after the European Commission launched a probe into it.

This is essentially a contract that Google requires

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